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After some advice on some upgrade wheels.

Not looking for top end, bling but something lighter than what I have, guess mid to top end range.

Any reccomendations?

Cheers

Dave


 
Posted : 08/04/2010 6:24 pm
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guess a good start is to tell us what you have now???

Mavic crossmax??


 
Posted : 08/04/2010 6:35 pm
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and how much is your budget?

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Posted : 08/04/2010 6:37 pm
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Budget, I guess couple hundred quid second hand.

At mo, think un branded rims, Hope XC rear hub, just dont think they are very light.


 
Posted : 08/04/2010 10:16 pm
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GEt a front hub to match and a couple of decent rims on them? Should be able to get a hope hub secondhand and to rims and builds in your budget I would have thought


 
Posted : 08/04/2010 10:24 pm
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What bike (+fork) are they to go on? what are the biggest and smallest tyres you want to run on them?


 
Posted : 08/04/2010 11:14 pm
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Giant Anthem, will be running reba forks and running standard 26" 2.2


 
Posted : 09/04/2010 10:22 pm
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Got my Crest rims on ZTR hubs and Sapim spokes on today and they feel very good - on a Giant Anthem too. Tomorrow I will take them for a bit of a longer adventure but doubt you can go wrong.


 
Posted : 09/04/2010 10:43 pm
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You can pick up Hope Hoops for around £250 a set. Hard to beat that for value and versatility.

Someone more knowledgeable than me will be able to tell you what rims will suit your Anthem best.


 
Posted : 09/04/2010 11:23 pm
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Can you build wheels? Have a look on German ebay for Tune King/Kong hubs, maybe find some in budget and then move your rims across. Upgrade rims to cheapish but nice and light FRM rims when budget allows.


 
Posted : 10/04/2010 1:10 am
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Hope Hoops with Stans tubeless rims, add a bit of yellow tape and a couple of valves, some bonty tubeless ready tyres (cheaper (and lighter?) than UST) and a dash of sealant you're away 🙂


 
Posted : 10/04/2010 6:52 am
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+1 Hope Hoops brand new at £250


 
Posted : 10/04/2010 8:05 am
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Mavic crossmax £200-300 second hand, weigh in at 1600-1800 grams a set.

Do you want a set?


 
Posted : 10/04/2010 12:32 pm
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Hope Hoops on ZTR 355 rims.


 
Posted : 10/04/2010 2:11 pm