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I've ran stans rims since before they became fashionable, from about 2005. Mostly flows, but some crests in the last couple of years.
IMO, they are softer than the Maxtal alloy that mavic use. They accumulate rock marks and scuffs more easily and do seem a little more prone to flat spots. Like Peter Poddy, I tend to keep my rims for a good while, and I have found that eyeleted rims seem to give more mileage. Presently I'm using Sun-ringle black flags that seem to offer similar benefits to Stans, but have eyelets.
Despite being softer Stan notubes rims are lighter for a comparable strength, have a wider profile and they make tubelessing so very easy. This was especially true in the early days of tubeless when pretty much it was Stans notubes or UST. You'd save 100 to 150g going with stans over Mavic.
I've never once encountered the fabled tight tyre syndrome that seems so frequently reported on here, but then, I'm like the thumb guy.
With my own stans wheels I've just left the left hand side with a lower tension than the right
And have the right hand side right up to the limit
Done this with the older Olympics , my podium mmx and now the arch
And always given a good durable wheel
Does help I have a meter to measure the tension
I've ran stans rims since before they became fashionable, from about 2005. Mostly flows, but some crests in the last couple of years.
They didn't introduce the Flow until much later Shirley? The Olympic was their original rim about then wasn't it?
I could be up to a year out.
The olympic was around for a little while before the flow. In May 2005 I got my 5spot frame and I put my F519's on it. By the end of the year I had traded up to DT swiss run tubeless with an eclipse kit (remember them? So yes, it would have been a little later, likely early 06 - easter 06.