Anyone have any experience and/or opinion of DT XR331 rims (or any of DT's other rims that use PHR/Squorx)?
I'm thinking of getting some for my Escapade, so think commuting/gravel/gentle bridleway stuff, rather than shredding the gnar.
Got a pair of XM481's on my Spitfire, have only had them out on a few rides so far but I have no complaints. Built up very easily, was easy to get them nice and true with even tension which is usually a sign of a well put together rim.
They have also been by far the easiest and most successful tubeless rims to setup I have ever encountered, tyres popped onto the bead easily and they have held pressure amazingly. Tyres on my old FlowEX rims would lose about 10psi over the course of a few days. The same tyres (not same type, same actual tyres) on the XM481's have lost about the same 10psi over the course of 2 months.!!!
#EDIT : If you are building them yourself I would recommend picking up the squorx wrench for lacing and tightening. It makes life a lot easier and means you don't need to use a spoke key at all for building.
I have a pair of the XR400's on my Anthem, nice and light and came up nicely tubeless. They are a bit soft if you do clip the rim on something, but I knew that before I got them. Serve their purpose well!
I prefer Stans Crest for a light rim....
I'm fairly heavy and find the DT more sensitive to burping
I have XR331's on my superfly, for what i do, old school XC, i have no issues.
Aside from one time burping by landing a wheel sideways, I've never burped a tyre (and that one time I did was a Stans Arch), but then I'm not that heavy, even if the belly suggests otherwise 😀
Just got some DT EX471s which are tough as (see Aaron Gwin no tyre DH run on them) and seem fine so far. Not the lightest though but not heaviest either for a tough rim. Squorx based and so far perfectly true after a month of riding. Had it built for me though. Tubeless setup easy.
Thanks all, nice to hear some real world observations.
I'll make sure to use the appropriate spoke key too.
This is the fella you want..
[url= https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tools/dt-swiss-proline-nipple-wrench-for-hidden-torx-nipples/ ]https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tools/dt-swiss-proline-nipple-wrench-for-hidden-torx-nipples/[/url]
It's not strictly necessary to build the wheels but it did make life a lot easier and removed the stress of potentially wrecking the square part of the nipple during tensioning. I found it was much easier to get the wheel up to tension with this wrench too, much better grip and torque from the wrench than a spoke key.