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Tips for building lightest weight 29er alloy wheel-set?

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gsteitz

Discussion Starter · Jan 28, 2022

Realize this is a bit of a cross post with the weight weenie forum, but I wanted to know of any suggestions for building up the lightest weight 29er alloy wheel-set. Think if I could be around 1600g or less that would be excellent.

Rider is 5' tall and sub 100 lbs, looking to run a 2.4 tire.

Thanks for your thoughts

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amateur_hour

· #2 · Jan 28, 2022

Damn son! 1600 grams for an alloy wheelset? Is this for XC?

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dompedro3

· #3 · Jan 28, 2022

gsteitz said:
Realize this is a bit of a cross post with the weight weenie forum, but I wanted to know of any suggestions for building up the lightest weight 29er alloy wheel-set. Think if I could be around 1600g or less that would be excellent.

Rider is 5' tall and sub 100 lbs, looking to run a 2.4 tire.

Thanks for your thoughts

With 28h and at least 28mm wide rims:

		Weight	Price
Rear Hub	DT Swiss 240	208	277
Front Hub	DT Swiss 240	135	137
Spokes	Sapim Laser (x56)	244	168
Nipples	Alloy Nipples	19.6	40
Rims	Stans Arch mk4	962	260
Rim tape	Generic	40	10
		1608.6	892

Weights are all reported, so real world will probably be a bit heavier. You can always remove the tape and claim under 1600 grams. In the other hand straight pull hubs are usually a few grams lighter.

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Rod

· #4 · Jan 28, 2022

I've had good luck out of the Stan's Crest wheelset. A stock set will bring you under 1600 grams. I've used these laced to the Stan's hubs and also to DT Swiss 350s. I've also used the Arch listed above, but not the 28 hole. It was solid as well. FYI, I've used these rims for roughly a decade at this point.

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Thorjensen

· #5 · Jan 28, 2022

Here's my take
Duke Mad Max Boost 28h Straight Pull CL hubs Ti body, (98+202)300g.
(Hubs are same price range as DT240)
Duke Crazy Star 6Ters alloy asym alloy rims, inner width F: 29.5 - R:26.5, 930g
Sapim CX-Ray 292/294mmx56= 280g
Sapim Polyax Secure Lock Alloy 14mm=20g
All in all 1530g

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