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I've been thinking about two options for my SB 95a:
Build my own (wide) carbon wheels from the DT Swiss wheel set I already have (350 hubs).
Or I found a great deal on a new set of Stans Flow EX wheels.
I'm curious to go with wider wheels - I ride a lot of AM and love to go DH as fast as my skills allow (my 95 with 140 fork is blowing my mind lately). I'm thinking wider wheels would be a good idea to get more contact to the ground.
As I said I am currently running the OE DT Swiss XR400 wheels with an external width of 23.8 (I think internal is 18mm). Of course Flows are much wider at 29.1.
I know I know carbon is better, but the Stans wheels are cheap, brand new and maybe a good stepping stone toward getting the feel for a wider rim.
Advise please.
Build my own (wide) carbon wheels from the DT Swiss wheel set I already have (350 hubs).
Or I found a great deal on a new set of Stans Flow EX wheels.
I'm curious to go with wider wheels - I ride a lot of AM and love to go DH as fast as my skills allow (my 95 with 140 fork is blowing my mind lately). I'm thinking wider wheels would be a good idea to get more contact to the ground.
As I said I am currently running the OE DT Swiss XR400 wheels with an external width of 23.8 (I think internal is 18mm). Of course Flows are much wider at 29.1.
I know I know carbon is better, but the Stans wheels are cheap, brand new and maybe a good stepping stone toward getting the feel for a wider rim.
Advise please.