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anyone got the rockguardz wheels, latest ones have a 30mm internal 35mm outer and rims weigh 400 gram 650b or 440gram 29er and come with a choice of hope pro 4 coloured hubs, and come taped with valves £700 all in,
not much detail online and only 2 reviews, info above is from a message which they replied very quickly.
ive had the rockguardz and always been happy, but what are the wheels like,
has anyone got them, are you happy with them.
the only reviews by magazines bike sites are quite old when the rims were much narrower
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http://www.blueflowwheels.com/product/35mm-wide-27-5-mountain-enduro-ud-wheels/
Can get a set of blue flow wheels for £680 with hope pro4, and the warranty is 2 years instead of 1.
Just sayin', no experience of RG.( like I could afford carbon wheels)
I've had a very positive experience with my wheels from Blue Flow so if the choice is between them and a company that thinks it is a good move to spell things with that idiotic 'Z', it would be a obvious choice for for me. Fair chance the rims are from the same factory to be honest.
I assume both of these brands are just rebranded Chinese carbon?
Indeed. It is not clear what involvement, if any, the co. has in the design or quality control of the rim. As for the "same factory" - I get the impression there are several factories doing similar things. But you are getting:
some research into properties, quality and value that was probably a bit more detailed than you could to
possibly the benefits of some testing and customer feedback going into the choice of rim supplier
selection of a product suitable for a particular use
a wheelbuilding service
a supplier you may think easier to deal with if it goes wrong (though beware prejudice and preconceptions here).
So I would quibble a bit with the "just", it may be a sensible purchase if the price is comparable to a diy build.
cheers guys, that was my initital thought that they would be generic chinese carbon rims, the sixth element where £800 last week, but i guess they control the build process as the graphics are not stickers.
short term i got some m1700 spline 30mm aluminiums wheels £270 CRC for the time being,
and plan to upgrade them when i decide on a winter bike frame to put these dtswiss on,
Probably getting your branding built in is a service many manufacturers offer, not sure it amounts to "controlling the build process"
</span><span style="color: #444444; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: #eeeeee;">but i guess they control the build process as the graphics are not stickers.
it just means they’ve had a say in what graphics are put on them
ok agreed with the comments, by control i think i mean, they'll be coming out of the same factory, whereas the unbranded generic ones could in theory be from multiple factories assuming the uk retailer deals with a distributor/intermediary and then adds the stickers themselves, so quality could vary widely