[Closed] superstar wheelsets any good?

I've got their DH wheelset and it's still straight and true after around 6 months of regular use. The SDH team riders use them too and rate them very highly.

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I have their switch evo hubs with their Am rims and would not hesitate to recommend them .

IF they're built well. Their builds do seem s little bit hit and miss though... My Switch / Spank combo has lasted well over a year with no problems, a friend bought a set of the DH wheels and had spokes pinging out left right and centre on a trip to Morzine. This was NOT riding full on DH, mainly green and blue runs taken at very much mincing speed.

It was alleged that the wheels had been laced incorrectly, but how true that was I wouldn't like to say.

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Lol at TJ, he's on fire with quick 1-line responses today.

If you're looking to canvas opinion there are loads of previous threads on here with this heading and, yip, you guessed it...some people rave about them and some people hate them! Who'd'av thought!

Pay your money and take your chance. Much cheaper than anything else similar on the market so worth a punt, no? You might just be very happy with the outcome.

Switch Enduro here used for Dh type stuff. Would happily buy another set.

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I have their switch evo hubs with their Am rims and would not hesitate to recommend

Same here. I paid £110 and they're still as true as the day I bought them

I've seen some that are really excellent, as good a build as my Wheelpro wheels. But I've also seen some just fall apart under light use- my mate's AM set lasted 2 rides of Glentress red before they needed completely rebuilt, he returned them and was told "For that sort of riding you need the DH wheels" which was odd considering he'd been riding on Specialized OEM XC wheels for 2 years. So they sent him the DH ones, which still weren't built that well, very uneven tension and a good 2mm of runout from new.

i would say that for the money they are pretty good, tho I'd stick them in a stand and check them b4 I fitted them IMO.

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i would say that for the money they are pretty good, tho I'd stick them in a stand and check them b4 I fitted them IMO.

^This. I said in a similar thread that I'd had to rebuild my rear Stan's Flow on Switch hub. Since then (about 2 months-ish), I've had to rebuild the front too and change the bearings in the front hub. The wheels are about 7 months old now and, apart from the completely random spoke-tension they arrived with, I'm getting on ok with them. The quality and value of the parts themselves is very good imo.

hi do you think the superstar xc 430 rim would be strong enough for 4x?