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All, I'm looking for a set of bling wheels for racing on, my Orange 5 is currently on Pro11 hubs with 819 rims running tubeless. Great for blasting the trail centres and general riding, but I'd like to upgrade to some lighter ones for enduro/xc racing.
Any thoughts on the above greatly recieved or any others I may not have considered.
I'm a fairly heavy rider at 14st if that makes much difference!
Just Riding Along could build you up some very light wheels with ZTR Race rims, though i'm not sure <1400g pair of wheels is suitable for someone of 14st riding a 5 inch trail bike!
Not sure if theres a weight limit for rolly pollies on the SLRs, but they 'aint all that (IMO)!!
My freehub lasted about 6 months, front bearings changed after 8 months. Stickers come off with the lightest of 'blowings' from a garden hose....oh and did I say the spokes are £5 a pop ! Plus the widest tyre recommendation is a 2.1.....have run them with a Jones 2.2....but it did let some air out on dodgy bunny hop landings !?! But that said, I 'spose they are a XC Race wheelset....so the stickers coming off only makes them lighter....and why should you run a wider tyre than a 2.1 ??
Not worth the money IMO...you seen the new Specialised jobbies....super super light ! I think they are in this months What MTB mag.
Having seen a few ruined mavic cross max free hubs which ultimately mean a new hub is required, and people stuck with non-engaging drive... I wouldn't bother.
Plenty of better options available imo including the 1450's.
Have a look at Just Riding Along for a wheelset that fits your budget. I have three wheelsets I can recommend
1) Merlin build DT 240s/DT revolution/Mavic 717 (training)
2) Roger Musson (Wheelpro) built DT 240s/DT revolution/Stans ZTR355 (racing)
3) Specialized Roval Contrôle SL (Fitted to my new 09 S-Works Epic)
The Specialized Roval Contrôle SL are the lightest and more bling of the three, but I prefer the DT 240s/DT revolution/Stans ZTR355 wheelset. I chose the Stans ZTR355 rim for being a little wider so making the tyre profile a little flatter and weight difference is mininal between that and the Olympic, 60 grams over the whole wheelset and ZTR355 rim is stronger.
I noticed that DT Swiss hubs are now getting expensive but are nice hubs and last well.
Also Roger Musson (Wheelpro) builds a great wheelset!! Still true as the day they were delivered...
I'm about your weight and went for some Stans Arch rims on Indusrty 9 hubs. Brilliant bit of kit, came in at about 1600 grams which was as low as i wanted to go for my weight.
http://www.industrynine.net/Enduro