To finish my hardtail build. Need some strongish/lightish 20mm wheels and brakes. Always had Hope/Mavic wheels and Avid brakes. But for £300 (and I do like Merlin wheels) these seem a very good buy.
Any reasons I shouldn't go for these. As a Hope/Avid combo is going to be another £100-£150.
I run SLX brakes on my HT, the're good, dunno about the wheels though.
Dunno about the SLX 20mm wheels, but i run the[url= http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/mountain-and-road-bike-wheels/factory-mountain-bike-wheels/shimano-776-disc-wheels.html ] XT 20mm[/url] versions and they have been great. Selling soon though to go for something a touch lighter.
Not a fan of cup and cone personally so I'd not be overly keen on the wheelset myself
XTs brakes are on offer on Ribble for £140 (minus rotors)
Thanks all.
Will XT brakes work with non Shimano rotors?
They should do, as long as the braking surface and thickness of rotor are similar. I use mine with Ashima rotors, and friends use superstar rotors with success.
Should do, my slxs are running onto hope rotors without a problem, and they're very similar to xts
running my slx with magura venti rotors at the min no probs