I have the maxlights. The first front wheel failed at the sleeve join and it looks like the bonding was a little short on adhesive. In any event, they warrantied it and the replacement has been fine since.
I find them light, stiff and pretty tough, but they are not hammer time wheels, they’re trail wheels they can do a bit of air time that you might get up to trail riding.
I’ve been having fun destroying racing ralphs this year, with some instant cuts and resulting dings to the rims. Considering that, they’ve held up pretty well.
As with most pre-built wheels, none of the bearings had enough grease in to handle a british winter riding season.Its a toothed, 4 pawl system that took a little time to wear in, and the free-hub body design is nice – pawls are captive in the hub shell, which allows space in the freehub body for a bearing to sit immediately under the pawls/ratchet engagement.
My only criticism is aluminium nipples, which aren’t a problem unless you ding the wheels – I had to replace them on the rear wheel because I caouldn’t true it straight with semi-corroded alu ones.
I’d happily have another set, but since I occasionally build my own wheels, I feel my next set will involve large flange hubs and carbon rims built at home.
