Mullet e-bike Wheels?

Hope do the Fortus 30/Pro 5e rear in 27.5. Paired with the 29" front you'd be looking at around £470.

There's the DT Swiss HX1700 wheelset too, and Mavic also offer the E-Deemax as a 29/27.5 wheelset. Not sure if either are any good, but both are under £500.

I'm sure Hunt will have something.

DT 370 hubs, 1960g and lifetime warranty on the rims for <£500:

MERLINCYCLES.COM "https://www.merlincycles.com/reserve-30sl-al-6069-mx-wheelset-29-275-342062.html"

Reserve 30|SL AL 6069 MX Wheelset - 29"/27.5" | Merlin Cycles

Buy your Reserve 30|SL AL 6069 MX Wheelset - 29"/27.5" at Merlin. Free worldwide delivery available on most items!

Might be better with the 30 HD rim but I've not seen those at similar price. But lifetime warranty...

Posted by: a11y

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DT 370 hubs, 1960g and lifetime warranty on the rims for <£500:

MERLINCYCLES.COM "https://www.merlincycles.com/reserve-30sl-al-6069-mx-wheelset-29-275-342062.html"

Reserve 30|SL AL 6069 MX Wheelset - 29"/27.5" | Merlin Cycles

Buy your Reserve 30|SL AL 6069 MX Wheelset - 29"/27.5" at Merlin. Free worldwide delivery available on most items!

Might be better with the 30 HD rim but I've not seen those at similar price. But lifetime warranty...

Interesting. I was just looking at Reserve wheels and as you say, they seem to recommend the 30 HD for e-bike use. Not really sure what the difference is but I'll take a look.

Reserve have the 30 HD with the DT350 hub and the older 90t freehub rather then the fancy Degree of Freedom ones for £519 which seems a good deal.

UK.RESERVEWHEELS.COM "https://uk.reservewheels.com/products/reserve-30-hd-al?variant=56490842292601"

30|HD Aluminum

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Reserve Wheels EN-GB

Your wheels are arguably the most important component on your mountain bike, which is why we’ve developed an all-new line of Reserve do-it-all aluminum wheels. Reserve aluminum wheels have been designed and developed to deliver performance that rivals our much-loved carbon wheels, but at a much more accessible price po

Posted by: citizenlee

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Hope do the Fortus 30/Pro 5e rear in 27.5. Paired with the 29" front

I have this set up on my 28kg 180mm Kenevo and it's been bombproof

Fairly sure the MX set of those is out of stock at Reserve when you select the correct options - not that I've been looking...

It's a shame they don't keep the same price as the 27.5 set when you select mullet option on these. They do have mullet set with i9 Hydra hubs for £880 but that's way over your budget and I believe Hydra axles can be a bit snappy. I'm happy with the cheaper i9 1/1 hubs I have though.

You're correct, they're out of stock. I must have misread the page when I was browsing.

2 sets of Mavic E-DeeMax here, also faultless. Tubeless is beyond easy, ratchet hubs and the rims seem to be made from undentium... Great wheels IMHO. 

BIRD.BIKE "https://www.bird.bike/product/factory-wheels-boost-dt-swiss-350-hub-ms-dt-ex511-mx-30-off/"

Factory Wheels - Boost DT Swiss 350 Hub MS / DT EX511 MX - 20% OFF | Bird MTB // Born in Swinley, Built in the UK.

These are pretty keenly priced

Can recommend this (online) place  -

BIKEWHEELSDIRECT.COM "https://www.bikewheelsdirect.com/"

Bike Wheels Direct

Hand built with care in our workshop Choose your rims hubs spokes for a true custom

  Russell Crowe (not that one), gives great advice on wheels. Can build to your spec. My son (not an ebiker) but a regular smasher of wheels had a set of DT FR541 on Hope built, we checked them for the first time since he bought them months ago and only 2 spokes had come slightly loose

I got a HX531 on Hope from them.