Looking to buy a set of wheels, to run tubeless, to run QR or QR15 front.
14 stone rider, for use on Ti hardtail frame or 100mm suspension frame.

Is there anything else worth considering other than Hope Pro II’s on ZTR Crest rims? Best price I’ve seen is £277 with valves, yellow tape & sealent. Weight quoted as 765g front, 888g rear.

Best price I’ve seen is £277 with valves, yellow tape & sealent

Speak to 18 bikes, they might be a bit more expensive but it’s all come fitted and ready to roll

dickie – Member
Best price I’ve seen is £277 with valves, yellow tape & sealent.

Have you got a link?

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York Bike Outlet

I put exactly the same wheelset on my new Ti hardtail.

After looking into it, came to the conclusion that they’re definitely the best ‘compromise’ between weight, robustness and cost. Not really any compromise ‘cos they’re awesome! Buy! 😀

P.S. Just remember you need a good cassette on the ProII freehub!

Cheers dickie.

Yes, I just discovered about the cassette thing. SRAM PG980 ordered!

XT cassette OK?
Whats the issue?

XT cassette is fine, I have used one on a few sets of ProII hub wheels with no issues. Cheaper cassettes eat into the free wheel

Pro II comes with aluminium freehub as standard, the cassette can cut into the splines unless you use one with a spider to carry the rings – XT has such a spider

dickie – Member
XT cassette OK?
Whats the issue?

The ali freehub can/is chewed up by individual rings you get on cheaper cassettes, XT and such like have a spider which avoid this for all but the top three rings – so less damage is caused.
You can alos buy a steel freehub, this won’t get damaged but will add to the overall weight.

Personnally ihave had a set of Pro II’s 3-4 years and yes its a bit chewed but it works perfectly fine.

As I discovered when I opened my new Pro 2 Evo / Flow rims yesterday, the issue is large steel sprockets marking the aluminium freehub splines under load, so they recommend you use a cassette with an alloy spider on the larger sprockets.

Thanks for the info.

Until the weekend had a pair of the same wheels, but with the 355 rims (the Crests predecessor). Great wheels, light, strong, easy to go tubeless with etc. The only bugbear for me, as I suspected it might be when I bought them, was the increasingly louder freehub!

If you’ve no aversion to a bike with a loud freehub, then no two ways about it, buy them, you’ll love them. As it is, I’ve come to hate loud hubs on bikes, so I just had to get rid! Just bought a 2nd hand set of DT240’s off the classifieds though, so all sorted now…

http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=427

Hope Pro 3 SP-XC6 No Tubes ZTR 355  
800g rear/600g front for £275!

Just bought the same, but the SP version – weighed in at 703g and 858g.