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Submitted by
wu-wei
a Cross Country Rider
from Kalaheo, Hawaii
Date Reviewed: September 29, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Ones made of dirt. | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$230.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint or Jenson | | Strengths: | The convertible QR/thru axle works absolutely spiffy. Super strong. I rode (and hit small kine jumps) for several weeks with two broken spokes in the front and it stayed true! (I guess 'cause there are 34 others) In fact, after an initial and then occasional spoke tightening, they've stayed true through miles and miles of abuse on unforgiving terrain. | | Weaknesses: | Rear hub tightens up. This could be because the LBS and I have no clue how to adjust the weird stuff inside. Or maybe the LBS guy was just high. Front hub still spins like a dream though.
We'd always like our parts to be lighter...
| | Similar Products Used: | Rhino Lites, Mavic, WTB speeddisc | | Bike Setup: | 2006 Kona coilair | | Bottom Line: | Tremendous value for a strong, yet not too heavy and reliable wheelset.
Far from being a gimmick, the convertible QR/thru axle works exactly as advertised. This is helpful because I keep blowing out my thru-axle fork and have to toss on an older quick-release fork. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Si
a Cross Country Rider
from Bend, OR, USA
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | McKenzie River Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Greenfish | | Strengths: | The color, the welded rims, the hubs, the 36 spoke count and the PRICE!! | | Weaknesses: | Only black and white. How about red and yellow? | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic Dee Trax...............cheap!! Very heavy....ouch!! | | Bike Setup: | Cove Hustler (06)XL, Rock Shox Pike dual air, Fox RP23, Avid Juicy 7 185mm brakes, Outlaw wheelset, Conti Mtn King 2.4's, Saint Crankset(double w/ MRP chain guide, Diabolus 70mm stem, Atlas bar, Sram X9 gearing........ | | Bottom Line: | Affordable wheelset with the ability to take the abuse I can dish out but being reasonable about it. No unreasonable 20ft drops or 60ft gaps................ | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J-Bone
a Weekend Warrior
from MEESHUHGANN
Date Reviewed: September 9, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | lakeshore, pontiac | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$230.00 | | Purchased At: | evilbay | | Strengths: | light, strong | | Weaknesses: | no single speed option from factory and they don't come with the momentum axle which is what you need to run a bolt on axle for the steelhead frame. Have to buy that seperate-I just think that is stupid. Comes rigged for QR and no rim brakes on these must use disc | | Bike Setup: | Steelhead, outlaw wheels, Azonic Nitro cranks, strip bars, avid brakes holy rollers. | | Bottom Line: | Can't beat them for the money. Just wish they came with the proper axle. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jesseastl
a Downhiller
from california
Date Reviewed: September 2, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | valocity on mammtoh | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Local bike shop | | Strengths: | They are generally a great pair of wheels with really good performance and looks! very underpriced for the performance | | Weaknesses: | NONE | | Similar Products Used: | no | | Bike Setup: | santa cruiz bullit with fox vanilla rear marzzochi jr. t forks azonic outlaw rims with avid bb7 disk brakes 9 speed with bach gard | | Bottom Line: | They are good looking with great performance | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
WestLAripper
a Downhiller
from Los Angeles, CA
Date Reviewed: August 24, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Anything with lift access | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Strengths: | Stiff and inexpensive | | Weaknesses: | Came from the factory out of true | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Singletrack with XT hubs | | Bike Setup: | 06 Kona Coiler Delux Sram X9 shifters LX front, X9 rear. Thompson 50mm X4 stem (much lighter than stock and quicker steering), Kona Wah Wah pedals (they rock. | | Bottom Line: | Great wheel set fore the money. Have not had them go too far out of true. Very stiff comared to the Single Track rim. Have not had any problem with the rear hub yet, time will tell.
I have ridden Big Bear a few times this year and Mommoth for 3 days with this wheel set along with every weekend at the Whoops @ Kenter. They have taken a beating and no issues.
They are the P*mpist thing I have seen with White hub-shokes-rim!
They dont seem to be much heavier than the Single Tracks I had on the bike and much much much stiffer when railing the corners and landing turn jumps.
I give them a overall 4 rating only because it is inexcusable to get a rim that is not true right out of the box. Other than that, for the money they are a great deal. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ducaud
a Weekend Warrior
from miami, fl
Date Reviewed: August 10, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | Markham | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Purchased At: | came on a used bike | | Strengths: | They look AWESOME! and are very strong for the price | | Weaknesses: | Heres the deal with deez wheels... the 20mm front hub adapters. DONT LOSE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!! or else your ****ED!!!
i was about to go on my first trip riding up north and i lost an adapter on one side causing me to not be able to go on the trip and wait a WHOLE YEAR TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!! they should be screwed on!!!! | | Similar Products Used: | mavic ex325, WTB Dual Duty FR | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Bullit, Deity bar, stem, marz 66 forks *all white* | | Bottom Line: | These wheels are great but be very careful with the 20mm adapters when changing ur front wheel... it will kill you | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
wayne
a Downhiller
from marquette, MI
Date Reviewed: April 25, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | THE BENSON | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | E-bay | | Strengths: | Stay true through some hard hits and or crashes.Fairly light...20mm front hub option.Light enough to use as an XC/AM rim. | | Weaknesses: | none that i have found. | | Similar Products Used: | single track. Rhino lites | | Bike Setup: | Kona coiler..Azonic outlaw, Diablous stem/bar, Dhx 5.0, MRP bash, Sram X.9 RD. Hayes stroker w/8in rotors front/back | | Bottom Line: | Dont bother spending a lot of money on other rims just get these! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin carson
a Downhiller
from davis, ca
Date Reviewed: April 23, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$130.00 | | Purchased At: | from a friend | | Strengths: | Light, Strong and stays true | | Weaknesses: | hard to re-true, tires a little hard to get on i hear but i havent tried yet nothing much really i love these | | Similar Products Used: | nothing | | Bike Setup: | yeti asx, totem coil, juicy 7's etc all the good stuff | | Bottom Line: | its a great wheel for the price its light and strong
i hear ppl say they are heavy but they arent at all they are just crazy
are deemaxes lighter? just a question | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan R
a
from Long Island NY
Date Reviewed: April 20, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Bike Junkie :) | | Strengths: | Strong, strong, STRONG!! Not bad on weight either, cheap too when compared to some other wheel sets in the same class. Convertible hubs work great too! | | Weaknesses: | NONE! It's that simple | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic, Atom Lab, and a few others | | Bike Setup: | Kona Stinky w/ eight inch dangerboy rocker arms, Marzocchi 66vf, Race face Diablous group, Azonic Headlock and Aframe pedals, full XT drive train. | | Bottom Line: | For the price this wheel set has no competition! For three years I have dropped, jumped, crashed, and DH'd this wheel set without a problem. THREE YEARS!!!! And so far they have only been trued just once and that took no time at all. People, three years on the same set of DH/FR wheels? How much more proof do you need? Not to mention I am not gentle on my bikes at all! I've demolished some incredible parts while this wheel set was on my bike. Including a RaceFace Diablous handlebar! That was my fault though and nothing more. My only complaint this wheel set gets (and it a complaint not a weakness) is that my Maxxis tires are tough to get off the rim. But I went out and got a set of Park oversized metal tire levers and that does the job. Still for the money there is no better wheel. If and when I trash these I will get the exact set of wheels to replace them. Ride on and I can't say it enough BUY THESE!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Johnny Downtown
a Downhiller
from Boulder City
Date Reviewed: March 28, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | price point | | Strengths: | Heavy as s**t so rims should be bomber? | | Weaknesses: | 20mm adapter binding issue & rear hub loosened. Heavy as s**t! Hubs blow dead bears. | | Bike Setup: | Sick Moment with great stuff except for the wheels! Talas fork-Avid Jcy 7s-carbon bar-sette adjst stpost-RF cranks Evolve! Ultimate all mountain up and downer all arounder! Dream bike! | | Bottom Line: | Front wheel wouldn't turn freely with 20mm adapters. Was binding. Rear hub came apart after less than 10 hrs of riding! Total garbage-would not let my mom go to the store with these wheels. Spend a few $ more and get something like No Tube Flows or Easton AMs. Twice the price but worth it! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dylan Thayer
a Weekend Warrior
from Burlington
Date Reviewed: February 5, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | MY DIRT JUMPS | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | EBAY | | Strengths: | VERY strong, Pretty light Convertible hubs Are so sweet, look nice feel solid | | Weaknesses: | Came a little out of tru and its hard to get some tires on the rim | | Similar Products Used: | Sun zx-25
sun ditch witch
deemax
ryno lites
couple others | | Bike Setup: | azonic steelhead frame, 26 inch azonic outlaw wheels, hayes brakes, dirty chrome crank, nokian xxx tires and singlespeed and fireey components | | Bottom Line: | GET THESE WHEELS THEY ARE THE BEST WHEEL FOR THE MONEY I LOVE AZONIC STUFF ITS SICKK!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dylan Thayer
a Weekend Warrior
from Burlington
Date Reviewed: February 5, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | MY DIRT JUMPS | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | EBAY | | Strengths: | VERY strong, Pretty light Convertible hubs Are so sweet, look nice feel solid | | Weaknesses: | Came a little out of tru and its hard to get some tires on the rim | | Similar Products Used: | Sun zx-25
sun ditch witch
deemax
ryno lites
couple others | | Bike Setup: | azonic steelhead frame, 26 inch azonic outlaw wheels, hayes brakes, dirty chrome crank, nokian xxx tires and singlespeed and fireey components | | Bottom Line: | GET THESE WHEELS THEY ARE THE BEST WHEEL FOR THE MONEY I LOVE AZONIC STUFF ITS SICKK!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Austin Nigh
a Downhiller
from Greer,SC,USA
Date Reviewed: October 20, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Clemson Freeride | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Crazy strong, versitile,just an allout great wheel set. these things can dish out some crazy drops ican tell you. These wheels are incredible and they are white! how cool does it get!Grett wheels! | | Weaknesses: | Absolutly None at all! | | Similar Products Used: | sunrims. all kinds | | Bike Setup: | 06 Kona Coiler,white azonics, manitou sherman firefly 150 kenda telonax. Hayes. Custom painted White rear swing arm links to match wheels.hussefelt chainguide. hot pink wellgo's.sweet ride! | | Bottom Line: | If you are an intermediate downhiller who wants 20mm thru hub wheels for 250, get these wheels fo sho!
KEEP THE KNOBBY SIDE DOWN | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J C
a Downhiller
from san diego
Date Reviewed: September 26, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | insanity | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | looks (white on white) weight, very light, very strong and amazingly cheap. hubs convert which is cool. | | Weaknesses: | none... true them before you ride them and they will last much longer. they could at least paint the logo on the wheel instead of slapping a sticker on but o well. | | Similar Products Used: | mavic ex325 laced to specialized stout hubs. Also some alex dp-20 | | Bike Setup: | 06 redline skookum, single speed, hussefelt stem/cranks/bars. maxxis holyrollers. macneil sl pivotal seat. 04 marzocchi z1 drop off 1. hayes 9 | | Bottom Line: | As soon as i got them i had them trued by a trusty mechanic. Put them on my hardtail and they have been ridden VERRRY hard since. Been riding about 4 hours every day for around 3-4 months and not a single problem. Been bombing rocky rooty, steep dh courses, 25ft+ road gaps and doubles, 5 foot drops to flat and so far not a single problem. Id reccomend them to any dh/fr's on a budget. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
keanan
a
from CA
Date Reviewed: September 20, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | cheap,strong rims. | | Weaknesses: | Machine build, rear hub. | | Bike Setup: | VP-Free | | Bottom Line: | You pay for what you get. Great deal for the doh.. Needed a wheelset to build up my frame on the cheap. $250 was less than almost any other rear hub alone. Rear wheel loosened up and had to re tension the wheel after a month or so. wheel stayed true and only noticed one day hoisting the bike onto the rack, "holy cr%* those spokes are loose". Six monthes into it had 5 spokes pop on one ride. I thought my front tire was throwing up pebbles that were pinging off the frame. Halfway through the ride I noticed 3 broken spokes by the end there were 5. Relaced the wheel and prorley tensioned and it has been fine and true since. One year into it (6-10 hours on trail per week year round) the rear hub has finally given up. New hub should be here tomorrow. But agian I am paying $210 for the hub alone. Even with five broken spokes the rear rim stayed true and got me home. I would recommend this wheelset, especially if you are handy with a spoke wrench for the initial tensioning the machine just can't manage in the beginning. I probably would not have had to re lace my rear wheel if I had done it sooner. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Robert
a
from Federal Way, WA
Date Reviewed: September 11, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Ranger Creek | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$280.00 | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | Stays reasonably true. Sealed bearings. Price. | | Weaknesses: | Freehub | | Similar Products Used: | Rhino lites | | Bike Setup: | Ellsworth Joker set up for allmountain-freeride. | | Bottom Line: | I am a clydesdale and was stoked at how well these were holding up. They stayed mostly true and round. Then my freehub gave out. I thought it was the Pawls wich are easy to replace. Come to find out the teeth the Pawls engage on somehow striped free from the hub. HOLY COW I've never seen that before! I have another set on my back up bike, so far they are holding together. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gravity Assist
a Downhiller
from El Centro CA,
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Anderson truck, Corral & Nobal Canyons, Fontana | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | pretty darn strong considering how cheap priced they where, not bad at all. | | Weaknesses: | they look likee sh** , not too creative in the cosmetic department, but it all gets scratched up anyways... whatever.
the front is starting to have play in it when I break front, but, well, what can ya do? | | Similar Products Used: | sun single tracks, double tracks, bla bla bla. | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Diablo, minion/high roller combo, a travis 180, Fox, fsa, bla bla bla. | | Bottom Line: |
At first, I bought this wheel set because I was desparate for a cost-savy 150mm wheel set, and, well... they were there so I bought em. Did not expect em to last that long, planned to replace them within a few months,.. now, I'm contemplating getting another set!
I like the fact that they have a 36 hole set up, and, yes, they have a surprizing strength to weight ratio. they have been alright to me. I have really beat the crap out of these rims, both intentionally and untentionally, and one warrentied frame later, after a bent saddle, tweaked shock hardware, a shear'd deraillure, and a pair of shredded MAXXIS 2ply DH casting tires, these rims still remain! A little scratch up and slightly untrue, but thats more then I can say for the rest of the bike.
They are no DEE Max's or double tracks, but they are nice, about equal in class to the sun ringle single track wheel set, somewhere in that range, maybe better, who knows?... very nice, and definately worth a try.... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a
from CT
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | Nepaug State Forest | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$269.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Seem extremely true,.....until I cased a gap on my second ride and bent the rim. I think it was like three to four foot drop from the top of the jump. I bent the rim and didn't even pop the tire. | | Weaknesses: | Rim bends easy........... | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic disc 729x | | Bike Setup: | VP free, 888 vh2, avid | | Bottom Line: | Great Price but I guess you get what you pay for, maybe they aren't for an aggressive rider? Maybe I should go faster and not case jumps! .....Maybe I was just unlucky an should give them another try, I am just over 200lbs...the white rims look pretty sick! Azonic usually makes good stuff so ..... I'd give them a try. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jeff brush
a Downhiller
from rutherford,nj,usa
Date Reviewed: May 22, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | diablofreeride | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | these wheels have crazey strength, i'm 205lbs and usually after 3 rides on a set of wheels the spokes are lose, not these still tight like brand new | | Weaknesses: | none so far | | Similar Products Used: | mavic 729 | | Bike Setup: | turner dhr,boxxer wc, | | Bottom Line: | i will probably buy them in white. A must have for an extra set of wheels.. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Trace
a Weekend Warrior
from Seattle
Date Reviewed: March 17, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | All of them | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$249.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Seem strong, not too heavy | | Weaknesses: | Detailed below | | Similar Products Used: | Generic OEM DH and FR wheels from Iron Horse. | | Bike Setup: | Transition Dirtbag with outlaws, Jr T, Saint cranks, Diabolus stem, bar and post, X.7 drivetrain, Hayes HFX 9s. | | Bottom Line: | Good and strong, but the rear wheel bearings have seized and require replacement after five rides. Not cool, and points to either (or both) cheap bearings with no business in wheels destined for hard use or shoddy work in the overseas factory (gorilla gripping on the wrench during assembly). Otherwise no other problems and the adapters all work well, but I think a wheel should run more than six weeks and five rides before having bearing siezure. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
steve torres
a Downhiller
from visalia,ca
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2007 | | Favorite Trail: | sky line | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$249.00 | | Purchased At: | jensen | | Strengths: | light,strong,rolls very smooth,converts from quick release to thru-axle no problem | | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | bomb shell fatboy rims | | Bike Setup: | khs dh 200,rock shox race fork,race face cranks, | | Bottom Line: | for the price these rims are the best out there! | |
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