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Just mulling whether to get the MP3 cover or not.
Not killed but I have a 650b one and have bust two spokes on the rear drive side since February. Not unusual per se, except I have been riding all sorts of bikes for 20 years and have never broken one before!
I've got crossmax sx wheels with MP3
Just had back from repair... I smashed the hell out of them for 18 months...
New rims new spokes new bearings and a new free hub
If you have the chance jump on it... Cost me £15 postage for brand new wheels
I don't know why you wouldn't get it, it's a cracking deal.
What's the mp3 cover?
I've been mulling over there idea of getting a pair of crossmax wheels as a second set.. RCZbikes always have them on offer.
Not impressed with my last pair of wheels, Stan's flow on hope pro 2 evos.
My rear has eaten 3 sets of bearings in just over a year.
I have a couple of pairs on the go at the moment. The rear wheel on the earlier set was replaced under normal (non MP3) warranty, but the bearings in the replacement wheel and the later set have been fine (there are specific instructions on how to preload the bearings, which I now follow...er....lesson learnt:)
Spokes and rims wise, I've had no problems. I use them on a 140mm trail bike; the older set are probably 18months old now, and have regular use on Dark Peak trails and have been on a couple of Alps trips - apart from some scratches to the paint, they're fine. Last trip to the Alps I decided to spend a day uplifting end of season rough DH trails - carried way too much speed on one section and ended up straight lining an extremely rough section and could feel tyres bottoming out on the rims and loud pings and twangs from the spokes (er....there's a reason why everyone else was on a DH bike then:)) The tyres were a bit of a mess afterwards, but the rims and spokes were completely fine, and have been since.
I read some of the tales of doom on here about lack of availability of spare spokes on Crossmaxes, but found a shop online that sell individual spokes, so I took the precaution of buying a few spares. If you can get the wheels at a good price, I'd take the MP3 warranty out for complete peace of mind.
HTH