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  • 1600 gram tough 650b wheel set. How much to build?
  • kudos100
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    I’m after a light weight wheel set that will be tough enough to ride the occasional downhill track without falling apart.

    Not a fan of carbon, as I’ve seen a few cracked ones about.

    Is this achievable with an alloy rim and what should I be looking at in terms of build kit?

    Posted 9 years ago
    Hob-Nob
    Free Member

    Yes.

    I have some e13 TRS+ rims built onto some DT 240’s with Supercomps & brass nipples. Near enough bang on 1600gm.

    They have survived some uplift days, DH races, enduro races, a week in the alps & 2 weeks in Whistler. Still going strong.

    Posted 9 years ago
    julians
    Free Member

    Some dt Swiss m445 rims on the same hubs and spokes as hobnobs would also come in at 1600g

    Posted 9 years ago
    kudos100
    Free Member

    I haven’t heard much about e13 wheels other than the hubs are a bit poor. How are the rims compared to say an arch ex?

    Posted 9 years ago
    br
    Free Member

    It depends on heavy you are and how heavy you ride.

    For me a set of (26″) Crest shod Hope’s works pretty much every where I ride, and that includes some of the DH trails at Inners.

    Posted 9 years ago
    Hob-Nob
    Free Member

    The E13 hubs are laughably crap, but the TRS rims are pretty good.

    If you arn’t a rim killer, you could probably get away with a DT XM401 as well.

    Posted 9 years ago
    jonnyrockymountain
    Full Member

    American wide lightening, seem very strong here for there 1550g weight! Don’t know about full downhill though!

    Posted 9 years ago
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