Review | SILT Carbon AM 29, strong, light and cheap?

“Strong, light, cheap: pick two” is the phrase that is often punted around, but has SILT managed to tick off all 3 with the new SILT AM Carbon wheels? …

By singletrackandi

Get the full story on our front page at:

https://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/review-silt-carbon-am-29-strong-light-and-cheap/

Support us and help us keep the content flowing by becoming a full member.

Thats a nice bike

I suspect the D-Light spokes have a lot to do with the ride feel and will help keep the weight down. Are they brass or alloy nipples?

I’d hope an £800 wheel set was light and strong!

Ratchet system sounds a bit like the dt swiss Hugi system? No bad thing!

The overall low weight of the wheels is an advantage too and in fact, the SILT AM wheels roll along with as little effort as a pair of XC wheels might

Rolling along is more about the rolling resistance of the tyres surely. They may pick up speed slightly quicker than a heavier wheel, but that’s a slightly different thing.

Also, while I’m nit-picking, the whole point of the ‘strong, light, cheap – pick two’ Keith Bontrager, I think, thing, is that it saves you having to explain what it means at length. Besides, you actually seem to be saying that you can have all three? Except that £800 isn’t cheap? But it is, sort of?

Are Silt Scribe? Same hub internals, same price point, same spares backup.

Edit: Ah ha!

© 2021, SILT MTB. A Scribe Sp

Is 1750g regarded as light for a carbon AM wheelset?

A good quality alloy wheelset such as DT Swiss XMC 1700 would be roughly the same (same cost as well), even with a 350 hub.