I have been thinking about new disc specific wheels. They will be used for cross country routes, mostly peaks and lakes as well as the occasional trip to a welsh centre. I’m not too heavy and I am too much of a wuss to do big jumps. I am looking at about £150. Narrowed choices down to:

Mavic Crossride, Easton XC Two, Fulcrum red metal 5, or XT hubs laced to Mavic XC717.

I currently run Bonty Select disc wheels that came with the bike. I’d like to save a bit of weight but also improve the weather proofing of the bearings!

Thanks

Get a second hand pair of Hope Hoops.

I got a set which were almost brand new off the classifieds for £150. They come up fairly regularly just keep checking every day.

I can recommend the Crossrides. Had a set for two years in the Scottish Mud, including the first year commuting most days during the summer.

Stu.

Consider 719s instead of 717s with XT hubs – wider profile will make it easier to fit wider tyres for those rocky rides.

get a set of xt hubs from on one’s sale right now for £40 for the pair. get a set of mavic xc717s. get them built. happy days.

edit – sorry, £30 for the pair. amazing.

i would definatley buy handbuilt over factory made wheels.

xt on mavic: classic combo

in fact, i’ve talked myself into it and ordered some myself!

You’ve just pursuaded me to buy a few and I don’t even need them lol. No harm in havin spares. I have still got standard wheels on mine so could be tempted to do the Mavic/XT handbuild combo.

haha, i know – sorry! i dragged myself into it as well, but £30 for the pair can’t be missed 😆

What about these

http://www.sbrsports.com/1011/60-413290

Same combo as above but built.

My neighbour has some crossrides – he has worn one of the rims through as he still has v brakes but the hubs are still sweet – 2 spokes have busted – pack are £20 (don’t sell them in singles)

I’ll have a pair of brand new (as in not been ridden on) wheels coming off an Anthem X1 shortly.

They are:
RIMS Mavic XC717 26″
HUBS DT 370 Disc
SPOKES Sapim Race

Not sure what I want for them but it won’t be a lot – let me know if you’re interested

smurf

those sbr ones look a bit bargainous as well, to be fair! i’m after a completely black set of wheels, so don’t know if they’ve got black ones as well? anyways, already got my order on the way from on one now…

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Bonty Race Lite from Evans has got to be a good deal at £170:

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/bontrager/race-light-disc-mtb-wheelset-ec001954

i realise its not what you asked, but i would reccomend hopePro2s on 717s or 719s, circa 200 quid new for a pair?

or build them yourself as a bit of an adventure

got my lovely new hubs today – they’ve still got some left, i’d recommend to others to get a set, when i built my bike recently i picked up a pair of xt skewers for £20, for a tenner more you get the whole hubset!

going to get them built up into a full black wheelset of black hubs, black disc xc717 rims and black spokes for the scandal to get rid of the horrible silver braking surface on the non-disc specific rims on it at the mo. marvellous.

I got a set of XT hubs, DT competitions spokes and 717 rims with rim tape and quick releases from CRC for £142-ish delivered!

And i didn’t have to build them myself… 🙂

well i don’t intend to build them myself! all in it’ll come to just about £110-£120. happy with that. 🙂

theflatboy, out of interest how long did it take for your order from on-one to arrive?

put in 2 orders on fri, got email notification yesterday that one had been sent out and it arrived today. no despatch info yet about the other one.

Cheers, I’ll wait to hear from them then.

Could I possibly interest you in a set of VGC Mavic Crosstrails for £150? They’re in the classifieds….

Thanks Guys. If I do it I will go XT hub/mavic rims. Just not sure at present how much difference it will make to the ride of the bike

If you’re dead set on the XT / Mavic combo (which you won’t go far wrong with) at the very least get them built by someone who knows the Peak District – the handbuilt thing is worth every penny.

They have a regular website too – and a proper shop of course – but their wheels are top drawer. I’ve had 3x Hope hub / Mavic / Syncros rim sets from them over the years, and they’re all spot on.

Hey Mudshark, thanks for pointing out the Bonty’s reduced at Evans. I was looking for a set of wheels around this price, was thinking of the Nuke Proof wheels for £170 Nuke Proof Generator XC
But the Bonty’s are better as I like to run tubeless. Cheers!