[bobg]

I'm sure that this topic has been covered many times on this forum but I am too lazy to search through all of the old posts. I am 6' and weigh 250 lbs. I recently tacoed my sun rims with deore hubs on my Jekyl this last weekend. The rear hub was making some funny noises before this happened so I have decided to get a whole new wheelset.
I ride mostly singletrack with some decent downhills. I don't do any jumps or big drop offs. I have decided that I am going to go with Rhyno Lite rims but I am looking for advice on what hubs I should get. I can get a good deal on some Shimano XT hubs laced to some rhyno lites but I have not been impressed by the reviews. Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[TobyNobody]

The XT hubs are good, but I've never liked rhinolights. You'd be better off getting some other rim buil onto an XT hub. If you're thinkin about going for the XT/RL deal, is it a pre-built wheel that your LBS can order, or what? Make sure you get good spokes and a hand laced wheel. That makes a bigger improvement in wheel durability then some faux-downhill rim carelessly laced with cheap spokes. Just a nice Mavic 717 or something will be tough as nails if it's properly built.

 

[rockcrusher]

I ride the xt disc hubs and I have never had a problem with 'em. Put 'em on and forget them. If you are getting prebuilts, take 'em to a competent wheel builder and have them retension them after the first few rides. This will more than likely greatly increase the duarability of the wheelset and will increase its' strength accordingly. The nice thing about the rhinolite is that it is wide and that allows a better profile on your tire preventing the tire from rolling off at low pressures. That and it is a relatively cheap rim, but you know what they say, strong, light, cheap, pick any two, and for us clydesdales we usually are better on the strong, light side. Keeps catastrophic failures to a minimum. Good luck with the wheels.