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What are Mavic XC717 rims like ? Built on Hope Pro IIs with DT comp spokes - are they tough enough for the big guys to ride on? Thinking of 90kgs upwards

Any big people used them and can tell me about them?

Thanks in advance


 
Posted : 12/04/2012 7:50 pm
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I'm not big, but I am clumsy... I always found them to be good rims; mine stayed true without dings for several years before I swapped them for Crests.
Having said that, if you're riding gnarrrr at that weight, you might want to check out something a little tougher. And obviously, the standard line about quality of the wheel build does go in here too...


 
Posted : 12/04/2012 8:10 pm
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Thanks for that


 
Posted : 12/04/2012 9:45 pm
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Depends what and where you ride. I'm that big and they were too skinny. Also depends how wide a tyre you want to run.


 
Posted : 12/04/2012 9:55 pm
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92kg here, have run mine over pretty much everything (minus jumps, big people can't jump!) with no ill effects. I will say that I feel sometimes my 2.25 nobby nics 'roll' on the rims a little, whicj my 2.0 mud x' don't but only went I really, really cock something up, so i guess thats the narrow width coming into it. I really rate them.


 
Posted : 12/04/2012 10:06 pm