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I am looking for some new xc wheels for my Scott Scale...but I am a little out of touch with the mtb scene having become a dirty stinking roadie 😳
Which ones do people on here recommend. I am looking for something to satisfy the following:
- disk compatible
- tubeless compatible
- less than 1500g for the pair
- around £500 for the pair
- suitable for xc racing and training on...can't afford two pairs of wheels
- bling looking
I have seen DT Swiss, Hope, American Classic, Reynolds and have only managed to confuse myself...HELP!!!
Thanks 😉
Stanz rims, rev spokes if you ride light enough, whatever hubs are bling enough for ya.
Roval Controle SLs if you can get a good deal from your local Spesh dealer. Tough, light, versatile and reliable in my experience.
I've been looking at race wheels too, with very similar requirements to you (though I don't currently have enough money to buy any!) and the Stans ZTR hubs seem very good value, built up by 'Just Riding Along' it's just a little too early to know how reliable they are.
Just Riding along have some good value 'instock' wheels though - they're doing American Classics on Stans Olympics (with rev spokes) for £445 - assuming you're fairly lightweight, they seem like great value for 1320g pair! If I were you, they'd be my choice...
Thanks chaps. I'm about 11.5 stone and don't ride particularly heavily.
Those Rovals look niiiice and get some really good reviews 😛
Stans look good, and perhaps worth buying them now too,...before the Olympics brand police ban them 😯
I have the Stans Crest rims, rev spokes and Stans hubs but not built yet. Cost all in 360£ including paying a local bike mechanic to build them for me. Should be well under 1400gr if their claims are correct.
I've got the Controle SLs, they're nice, but I wouldn't have bought them (they came with a bike).
For my money I'd be looking at American Classic hubs on ZTR Alpine rims (formerly Olympics) with Revolutions, or Supercomps if you're no flyweight!
ZTR Podiums here,crazy light @ 1240g,there`s a rider weight limit on them though.
Just got a set of wheels from jra, hope pro2 hubs, stans alpine rims with supercomp spokes, weigh about 1340. noticably quick over my old wheels.
Stans Podiums are not good for training & racing. They are a rim with a finite lifespan and best kept for racing.
Hope Pro 3 on Stans 355 are a good buy for all-round riding. Not the lightest, but reasonable price.
Shimano XT I think are under 1500g & less £500. Ive raced on them on all sorts of stuff from Downieville to Gorrick.
Worth thinking about Fulcrum wheels also. Merlin have the Fulcrum 1's reduced at the moment. I've had a pair two years and they're excellent. Hubs are really smooth.
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Shimano XT I think are under 1500g & less £500. Ive raced on them on all sorts of stuff from Downieville to Gorrick.
If you mean the XT M775 standard QR disc wheels, they're a claimed 1677g a pair, so NOT that light for the price.
Some new XTR on the classifieds for £350.
crank brothers cobalts
ok a litle more money but just lovely
and they sound sooo nice on the ratchet
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