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Submitted by
wayne
a Downhiller
from marquette, MI
Date Reviewed: 4/25/2008 3:16:34 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | THE BENSON |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $250 |
| Purchased At: | E-bay |
| Strengths: | Stay true through some hard hits and or crashes.Fairly light...20mm front hub option.Light enough to use as an XC/AM rim. |
| Weaknesses: | none that i have found. |
| Similar Products Tried: | single track. Rhino lites |
| Bike Setup: | Kona coiler..Azonic outlaw, Diablous stem/bar, Dhx 5.0, MRP bash, Sram X.9 RD. Hayes stroker w/8in rotors front/back |
| Bottom Line: | Dont bother spending a lot of money on other rims just get these! |
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Submitted by
Justin carson
a Downhiller
from davis, ca
Date Reviewed: 4/23/2008 9:52:06 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $130 |
| Purchased At: | from a friend |
| Strengths: | Light, Strong and stays true |
| Weaknesses: | hard to re-true, tires a little hard to get on i hear but i havent tried yet nothing much really i love these |
| Similar Products Tried: | nothing |
| Bike Setup: | yeti asx, totem coil, juicy 7's etc all the good stuff |
| Bottom Line: | its a great wheel for the price its light and strong i hear ppl say they are heavy but they arent at all they are just crazy are deemaxes lighter? just a question |
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Submitted by
Ryan R
from Long Island NY
Date Reviewed: 4/20/2008 7:51:06 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years |
| Purchased At: | Bike Junkie :) |
| Strengths: | Strong, strong, STRONG!! Not bad on weight either, cheap too when compared to some other wheel sets in the same class. Convertible hubs work great too! |
| Weaknesses: | NONE! It's that simple |
| Similar Products Tried: | Mavic, Atom Lab, and a few others |
| Bike Setup: | Kona Stinky w/ eight inch dangerboy rocker arms, Marzocchi 66vf, Race face Diablous group, Azonic Headlock and Aframe pedals, full XT drive train. |
| Bottom Line: | For the price this wheel set has no competition! For three years I have dropped, jumped, crashed, and DH'd this wheel set without a problem. THREE YEARS!!!! And so far they have only been trued just once and that took no time at all. People, three years on the same set of DH/FR wheels? How much more proof do you need? Not to mention I am not gentle on my bikes at all! I've demolished some incredible parts while this wheel set was on my bike. Including a RaceFace Diablous handlebar! That was my fault though and nothing more. My only complaint this wheel set gets (and it a complaint not a weakness) is that my Maxxis tires are tough to get off the rim. But I went out and got a set of Park oversized metal tire levers and that does the job. Still for the money there is no better wheel. If and when I trash these I will get the exact set of wheels to replace them. Ride on and I can't say it enough BUY THESE!!! |
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Submitted by
Johnny Downtown
a Downhiller
from Boulder City
Date Reviewed: 3/28/2008 12:08:30 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $250 |
| Purchased At: | price point |
| Strengths: | Heavy as s**t so rims should be bomber? |
| Weaknesses: | 20mm adapter binding issue & rear hub loosened. Heavy as s**t! Hubs blow dead bears. |
| Bike Setup: | Sick Moment with great stuff except for the wheels! Talas fork-Avid Jcy 7s-carbon bar-sette adjst stpost-RF cranks Evolve! Ultimate all mountain up and downer all arounder! Dream bike! |
| Bottom Line: | Front wheel wouldn't turn freely with 20mm adapters. Was binding. Rear hub came apart after less than 10 hrs of riding! Total garbage-would not let my mom go to the store with these wheels. Spend a few $ more and get something like No Tube Flows or Easton AMs. Twice the price but worth it! |
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Submitted by
Dylan Thayer
a Weekend Warrior
from Burlington
Date Reviewed: 2/5/2008 8:51:31 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | MY DIRT JUMPS |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $200 |
| Purchased At: | EBAY |
| Strengths: | VERY strong, Pretty light Convertible hubs Are so sweet, look nice feel solid |
| Weaknesses: | Came a little out of tru and its hard to get some tires on the rim |
| Similar Products Tried: | Sun zx-25 sun ditch witch deemax ryno lites couple others |
| Bike Setup: | azonic steelhead frame, 26 inch azonic outlaw wheels, hayes brakes, dirty chrome crank, nokian xxx tires and singlespeed and fireey components |
| Bottom Line: | GET THESE WHEELS THEY ARE THE BEST WHEEL FOR THE MONEY I LOVE AZONIC STUFF ITS SICKK!!!! |
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Dylan Thayer
a Weekend Warrior
from Burlington
Date Reviewed: 2/5/2008 8:51:30 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | MY DIRT JUMPS |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $200 |
| Purchased At: | EBAY |
| Strengths: | VERY strong, Pretty light Convertible hubs Are so sweet, look nice feel solid |
| Weaknesses: | Came a little out of tru and its hard to get some tires on the rim |
| Similar Products Tried: | Sun zx-25 sun ditch witch deemax ryno lites couple others |
| Bike Setup: | azonic steelhead frame, 26 inch azonic outlaw wheels, hayes brakes, dirty chrome crank, nokian xxx tires and singlespeed and fireey components |
| Bottom Line: | GET THESE WHEELS THEY ARE THE BEST WHEEL FOR THE MONEY I LOVE AZONIC STUFF ITS SICKK!!!! |
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Submitted by
Austin Nigh
a Downhiller
from Greer,SC,USA
Date Reviewed: 10/20/2007 5:32:59 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Clemson Freeride |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $250 |
| Purchased At: | Jenson USA |
| Strengths: | Crazy strong, versitile,just an allout great wheel set. these things can dish out some crazy drops ican tell you. These wheels are incredible and they are white! how cool does it get!Grett wheels! |
| Weaknesses: | Absolutly None at all! |
| Similar Products Tried: | sunrims. all kinds |
| Bike Setup: | 06 Kona Coiler,white azonics, manitou sherman firefly 150 kenda telonax. Hayes. Custom painted White rear swing arm links to match wheels.hussefelt chainguide. hot pink wellgo's.sweet ride! |
| Bottom Line: | If you are an intermediate downhiller who wants 20mm thru hub wheels for 250, get these wheels fo sho! KEEP THE KNOBBY SIDE DOWN |
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Submitted by
J C
a Downhiller
from san diego
Date Reviewed: 9/26/2007 9:20:58 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | insanity |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $200 |
| Purchased At: | LBS |
| Strengths: | looks (white on white) weight, very light, very strong and amazingly cheap. hubs convert which is cool. |
| Weaknesses: | none... true them before you ride them and they will last much longer. they could at least paint the logo on the wheel instead of slapping a sticker on but o well. |
| Similar Products Tried: | mavic ex325 laced to specialized stout hubs. Also some alex dp-20 |
| Bike Setup: | 06 redline skookum, single speed, hussefelt stem/cranks/bars. maxxis holyrollers. macneil sl pivotal seat. 04 marzocchi z1 drop off 1. hayes 9 |
| Bottom Line: | As soon as i got them i had them trued by a trusty mechanic. Put them on my hardtail and they have been ridden VERRRY hard since. Been riding about 4 hours every day for around 3-4 months and not a single problem. Been bombing rocky rooty, steep dh courses, 25ft+ road gaps and doubles, 5 foot drops to flat and so far not a single problem. Id reccomend them to any dh/fr's on a budget. |
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Submitted by
keanan
from CA
Date Reviewed: 9/20/2007 8:20:34 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $250 |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | cheap,strong rims. |
| Weaknesses: | Machine build, rear hub. |
| Bike Setup: | VP-Free |
| Bottom Line: | You pay for what you get. Great deal for the doh.. Needed a wheelset to build up my frame on the cheap. $250 was less than almost any other rear hub alone. Rear wheel loosened up and had to re tension the wheel after a month or so. wheel stayed true and only noticed one day hoisting the bike onto the rack, "holy cr%* those spokes are loose". Six monthes into it had 5 spokes pop on one ride. I thought my front tire was throwing up pebbles that were pinging off the frame. Halfway through the ride I noticed 3 broken spokes by the end there were 5. Relaced the wheel and prorley tensioned and it has been fine and true since. One year into it (6-10 hours on trail per week year round) the rear hub has finally given up. New hub should be here tomorrow. But agian I am paying $210 for the hub alone. Even with five broken spokes the rear rim stayed true and got me home. I would recommend this wheelset, especially if you are handy with a spoke wrench for the initial tensioning the machine just can't manage in the beginning. I probably would not have had to re lace my rear wheel if I had done it sooner. |
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Submitted by
Robert
from Federal Way, WA
Date Reviewed: 9/11/2007 3:06:53 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Ranger Creek |
| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $280 |
| Purchased At: | lbs |
| Strengths: | Stays reasonably true. Sealed bearings. Price. |
| Weaknesses: | Freehub |
| Similar Products Tried: | Rhino lites |
| Bike Setup: | Ellsworth Joker set up for allmountain-freeride. |
| Bottom Line: | I am a clydesdale and was stoked at how well these were holding up. They stayed mostly true and round. Then my freehub gave out. I thought it was the Pawls wich are easy to replace. Come to find out the teeth the Pawls engage on somehow striped free from the hub. HOLY COW I've never seen that before! I have another set on my back up bike, so far they are holding together. |
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Submitted by
Gravity Assist
a Downhiller
from El Centro CA,
Date Reviewed: 7/19/2007 11:09:51 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Anderson truck, Corral & Nobal Canyons, Fontana |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $250 |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | pretty darn strong considering how cheap priced they where, not bad at all. |
| Weaknesses: | they look likee sh** , not too creative in the cosmetic department, but it all gets scratched up anyways... whatever. the front is starting to have play in it when I break front, but, well, what can ya do? |
| Similar Products Tried: | sun single tracks, double tracks, bla bla bla. |
| Bike Setup: | Jamis Diablo, minion/high roller combo, a travis 180, Fox, fsa, bla bla bla. |
| Bottom Line: | At first, I bought this wheel set because I was desparate for a cost-savy 150mm wheel set, and, well... they were there so I bought em. Did not expect em to last that long, planned to replace them within a few months,.. now, I'm contemplating getting another set! I like the fact that they have a 36 hole set up, and, yes, they have a surprizing strength to weight ratio. they have been alright to me. I have really beat the crap out of these rims, both intentionally and untentionally, and one warrentied frame later, after a bent saddle, tweaked shock hardware, a shear'd deraillure, and a pair of shredded MAXXIS 2ply DH casting tires, these rims still remain! A little scratch up and slightly untrue, but thats more then I can say for the rest of the bike. They are no DEE Max's or double tracks, but they are nice, about equal in class to the sun ringle single track wheel set, somewhere in that range, maybe better, who knows?... very nice, and definately worth a try.... |
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Submitted by
Pete
from CT
Date Reviewed: 7/14/2007 9:33:52 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Nepaug State Forest |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $269 |
| Purchased At: | Jenson USA |
| Strengths: | Seem extremely true,.....until I cased a gap on my second ride and bent the rim. I think it was like three to four foot drop from the top of the jump. I bent the rim and didn't even pop the tire. |
| Weaknesses: | Rim bends easy........... |
| Similar Products Tried: | Mavic disc 729x |
| Bike Setup: | VP free, 888 vh2, avid |
| Bottom Line: | Great Price but I guess you get what you pay for, maybe they aren't for an aggressive rider? Maybe I should go faster and not case jumps! .....Maybe I was just unlucky an should give them another try, I am just over 200lbs...the white rims look pretty sick! Azonic usually makes good stuff so ..... I'd give them a try. |
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Submitted by
jeff brush
a Downhiller
from rutherford,nj,usa
Date Reviewed: 5/22/2007 5:15:21 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | diablofreeride |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $200 |
| Purchased At: | ebay |
| Strengths: | these wheels have crazey strength, i'm 205lbs and usually after 3 rides on a set of wheels the spokes are lose, not these still tight like brand new |
| Weaknesses: | none so far |
| Similar Products Tried: | mavic 729 |
| Bike Setup: | turner dhr,boxxer wc, |
| Bottom Line: | i will probably buy them in white. A must have for an extra set of wheels.. |
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Submitted by
Trace
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: 3/17/2007 11:53:14 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | All of them |
| Duration Product Used: | 3 months |
| Price Paid: | $249 |
| Purchased At: | Jenson USA |
| Strengths: | Seem strong, not too heavy |
| Weaknesses: | Detailed below |
| Similar Products Tried: | Generic OEM DH and FR wheels from Iron Horse. |
| Bike Setup: | Transition Dirtbag with outlaws, Jr T, Saint cranks, Diabolus stem, bar and post, X.7 drivetrain, Hayes HFX 9s. |
| Bottom Line: | Good and strong, but the rear wheel bearings have seized and require replacement after five rides. Not cool, and points to either (or both) cheap bearings with no business in wheels destined for hard use or shoddy work in the overseas factory (gorilla gripping on the wrench during assembly). Otherwise no other problems and the adapters all work well, but I think a wheel should run more than six weeks and five rides before having bearing siezure. |
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Submitted by
steve torres
a Downhiller
from visalia,ca
Date Reviewed: 3/3/2007 8:36:47 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | sky line |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $249 |
| Purchased At: | jensen |
| Strengths: | light,strong,rolls very smooth,converts from quick release to thru-axle no problem |
| Weaknesses: | none yet |
| Similar Products Tried: | bomb shell fatboy rims |
| Bike Setup: | khs dh 200,rock shox race fork,race face cranks, |
| Bottom Line: | for the price these rims are the best out there! |
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Submitted by
Emery
a Weekend Warrior
from Tempe Az
Date Reviewed: 3/3/2007 5:39:49 AM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | National Trail |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $250 |
| Purchased At: | cactus bikes Phx Az |
| Strengths: | Strong,good value for the money |
| Weaknesses: | customer service |
| Similar Products Tried: | rynolites,mavic f219s |
| Bike Setup: | Astrix stryke,azonic wheels,fox vanilla 120 forks,2.35 maxis minions |
| Bottom Line: | For almost a year the wheels worked flawlessly.National trail has the ability to break every component on a bike.I guess that is why many manufacturers test parts there.the wheel are fantistic on taking the abuse.If they only had customer service to match.Azonic had my wheel for over two months to warranty a slipping freehub body pawring in the hub.They said they are warranting it and will ship a new one but after weeks still no wheel.Finally Fish at cactus bikes just gave me a new one off the shelf and will deal with them himself.Great shop. |
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Submitted by
Rick
a Downhiller
from Denver, CO
Date Reviewed: 2/20/2007 1:55:09 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Keystone, Winter Park, Vail |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $200 |
| Purchased At: | on Ebay |
| Strengths: | Light, strong, versitle with the hub conversion set up. |
| Weaknesses: | None as of yet. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Various Mavics, Rhino Lite XL, Double wides |
| Bike Setup: | 2003 M1, Tiple 8, Easton parts, Juicy 7's, Tioga saddle, Sram shifter/derailer, Maxxis Minions |
| Bottom Line: | Finally a good set of DH/FR wheels for a good price. I'm not dropping crazy dops but I'm 200 + with gear and the wheels have held up very well. I've got a few flat spots but that's due to tire pressure for traction, no the wheels fault. I'd recomend this wheel set to anyone. |
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Submitted by
Thomas
a Downhiller
from Mobile, AL, USA
Date Reviewed: 2/20/2007 12:29:58 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | My own |
| Duration Product Used: | 2 Years |
| Strengths: | Light, Strong, Cheap, Good Cartridge Bearings, Good F-Hub |
| Weaknesses: | none |
| Similar Products Tried: | Lots |
| Bike Setup: | 7Point66RC2X |
| Bottom Line: | One of the best deals out there on a FR/DH part. I can't imaging how the poster below would have a problem with his Freehub. It was either a freak accident, the hub wasn't preloaded right, or the pawls weren't greased right. I've been using them on both of my bikes almost as long as they've been out and I've barely had to touch them. Used them for 5-6 ft drops to flat concrete on my hardtail, cased lots of edges, pinned rock-gardens, ridden with flats, and done tons of 10-12ft drops (many that I've cased hard). They've never flinched. |
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Submitted by
Ion
a Weekend Warrior
from Indonesia
Date Reviewed: 11/13/2006 1:40:32 AM |
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| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Price Paid: | $249 |
| Purchased At: | Jenson USA |
| Strengths: | Strong, light, good value. Nicely build when I receive them. Installing tire on it is pretty straight forward. I slip my pedal and ran straight on a 9 inch curb at high speed; the wheelset fitted on the boxxer race manage to absorb the impact and was still true after. The rear free hub is much more silence that my other formula free hubs which is clicking when freewheeling. |
| Weaknesses: | Not really a weakness, but when installing onto the fork the 20mm conversion plugs for the front hub fall easily. But you should be able to manage that easily. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Alex Supra BH with formula hubs for a second wheelset. |
| Bike Setup: | Giant Faith, Boxxer Race, Diabolous Stem, Easton Monkeybar, etc. |
| Bottom Line: | I purchase this wheelset so that I can have two wheelsets with two different tires so that I would be able to swap between the two base on the type of riding. I've heard that the rim is basically the rebranded alex supra BH that I already own, which is not a bad thing since they are strong. When I receive the wheelset, they are indeed identical. Overall, it is a very strong and light wheelset, good value for the money. The hubs are very versatile since you can convert the front from QR to 20mm through axle. When purchasing, you can also choose the rear hub between the standard 135mm or the wide 150mm. |
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Submitted by
Joel Slater
a Downhiller
from El Granada CA
Date Reviewed: 9/30/2006 10:03:02 PM |
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| Duration Product Used: | 6 months |
| Price Paid: | $200 |
| Purchased At: | Came in a DH kit from Greenfish action sports |
| Strengths: | When I first picked it up, it felt pretty light. Pretty strong, I have clipped some jumps with these and crashed and there are still no flat spots nor is it out of true. |
| Weaknesses: | It's been 8 months since i've had them and I have had no problems at all. |
| Similar Products Tried: | Some mavic FR/DH wheelset on my old stinky dee-lux. |
| Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz VP-Free w/ outlaw wheels, 888r, fox dhx 5.0. |
| Bottom Line: | The best wheelset in my mind for the money. Would be great for DJ and I already know that they're great for DH/FR. Strong and light. |
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Submitted by
Jordon
from Austin, Texas
Date Reviewed: 9/24/2006 6:40:33 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | Twin Parks |
| Duration Product Used: | 1 Year |
| Price Paid: | $225 |
| Purchased At: | beyond bikes |
| Strengths: | The wheels are so sweet they are light and strong as a mofo. After i got these i went and rode and the tall side wall corner better You dont need a 20 mm fork i just tighten them on and they stay even though it probaly dangerous, nah. |
| Weaknesses: | The only weakness is that um, |
| Similar Products Tried: | I had some dm-24 on my kona wich wobbled so that it touched both sides of my frame |
| Bike Setup: | 05 Kona shred, mrp chainguide, xt derailer thats all i can afford, wheels, sweet tires |
| Bottom Line: | The wheel are strong and light and if youre looking for a set of tires that you can huck around and are light and priced fairly cheap these are it. After beating them up for about a year i crashed and broke my leg (both bones) there only a little bit untrue. nice hubs are awsome they make a big difference in youre riding |
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Submitted by
phil
a Cross Country Rider
from pa
Date Reviewed: 7/18/2006 12:48:49 PM |
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| FavoriteTrail: | any trail that get me out of the office |
| Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month |
| Purchased At: | Bike Hub |
| Strengths: | Seemed well made for the price. Needed a bomber set of wheels for a resonable price and they were recommended by my shop. |
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