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What do you folks rate & slate? 🙄
717s
Also should have said not convinced by tubeless
If you're not worried about weight and tend to hit things hard then you can't go wrong with the old mavic 219/321. they are cheap,strong, take a 2.3 + tyre, convert to ghetto tubeless and they are cheap.
If you want something lighter then 719's are also very good but the price goes up a chuck, lighter again with the 717, a very good rim but if you are a big chap then maybe a 719.
Me, i'm running all of the above. As for DT i've seen to many get dinged too easily.
717s unless you're particularly chunky...
717s.
717s
"you don't want cheep mavic rims lad - there made of cheese" Big Al of the famous Wheelcraft
I like my 719s
~~~~ What do you class as cheep and in turn suggest?hugo rune - Member"you don't want cheep mavic rims lad - there made of cheese" Big Al of the famous Wheelcraft
Interesting no mention of DT Swiss
I've given my 717s quite a battering and they're still perfect after years of (ab)use.
I think the which rim question is a bit like the why buy anything other than Shimano one. There's a reason that 717s have become the reference - sure, you can try something else, but why?
I run 717s but my kid brother runs 719s with complete disregard for their safety and they still run true.
I found Olympics are far more impressive than 717s, which I found to be prone to denting as well as being heavy. I'd look at ZTR 355s for all round trail use.
another vote for 317/717, thousands of happy miles out of all the ones I've used with never a squeek
I had 717 and they were great, ended up on my mrs bike and I went for 719 as they are a little wider and give tyres a better shape I think. Depends what size tyres you want to run really.
717. they're just so jolly good. black ones on my black bike, silver ones on my silver bike. happy days. 🙂
i dunno who big Al is , he sounds big, and scary, but ill risk it for a biscuit: 95% of a wheels strength is in the build.
ive battered the bejesus out of 2 pairs of 717s, and never had an issue.
all still perfectly true.
Big al is a wheelbuilder of much repute. He also talks too much and makes his customers make their own tea. The bastard!
A quick visit usually means losing the best past of a day.
stans 355s
stans olympic you will go ghetto tubeless you just don't know it yet 😀
Olympics are great as long as you don't ding them (or you end up with oval wheels or splits)- so if you don't want to run under 30psi that's fine.
crossrides? got them for £130 a pair new!
i run 321 and dt 5.1 both sound nice and strong and ride pretty light. I had stans olympics before them tho on the light bike and had no issues with them
Hmm interesting all I had hear don here recently was DT this n that yet everyone on here still rates 717s.
What hubs though?
Hope Hoops: Stans 355 or Stans Flow...iirc the Flow rim is only 10g heavier than a 719 rim but wider and arguably stronger.
Personally I'm running a 355 on the front of my PA with a 2.35 Highroller (with inner tube)and Pikes and its taken everything I can throw at it. Got mine from Wheelpro...Roger checks them over, fits yellow tape and a valve.