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  • What lightweight wheels for xc racing?
  • mtbmatt
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    Nope finishing kit not ok, Gee had a freehub which relied on a grub screw to keep the saddle in place. It never worked.

    Wow, thats odd engineering. Never heard of using a freehub on a saddle before! 😉

    backinireland
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    Looked at the podium rims and it states a max pressure of 30 odd psi, haven’t tried using tubesless yet and have always run my tyres at much higher pressures so not sure about using the lower pressures.

    njee20
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    Never heard of using a freehub on a saddle before!

    😆 Clearly that should have said seatpost. Shouldn’t post whilst waiting for the kettle to boil and in a rush!

    Looked at the podium rims and it states a max pressure of 30 odd psi

    Depends on tyre width – they’re fine up to 45 psi IIRC on 1.8″s, certainly I’ve run higher than 30 (albeit not vastly) and it’s not been a problem.

    But… you’d be a fool to run tubes on that wheelset and you should try running softer tyres.

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    Northwind
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    njee20 – Member

    Maybe you’re just not as powerful as Northwind Dave

    More likely I freewheel more than he does :mrgreen:

    mtbmatt
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    But… you’d be a fool to run tubes on that wheelset and you should try running softer tyres.

    Agreed. Over the last 5 years or so I’ve gone from tubes at 45psi to tubeless at 20psi.
    If you did it in one go it would feel wrong, but drop 5psi at a time and get used to the difference. I can’t imagine riding at 45psi, it must have been rather scary!

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