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Submitted by
Murray B. Gentil
a Cross Country Rider
from Ithaca, NY, USA
Date Reviewed: April 8, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$260.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Great acceleration.
Sturdy construction. | | Weaknesses: | Requires a special spoke wrench. One was included with the wheels, so this isn't that big of a deal.
Two of the spokes on the rear-left side came loose. Which brought up a design flaw: since the spokes are straight-pull, there is nothing stopping them from rotating around their own axis. So when a spoke is REALLY loose, it's a little hard to tighten it, since it just spins. I was able to do it by holding the spoke with Vise-grips while I tightened the nipple, but this might weaken the spoke if you squeeze too hard, so be careful. | | Bottom Line: | A good value, despite the few minor annoyances. After two years of riding, the front wheel is still perfectly true, and the rear only needed minor adjustment - and the bearings still spin as smooth as ever. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
al
a Weekend Warrior
from Dallas, TX usa
Date Reviewed: October 25, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$240.00 | | Purchased At: | beyondbikes | | Strengths: | fast, fairly light, cheap, trick design, trick looking, very responsive | | Weaknesses: | trick design implies special spokes/tools | | Similar Products Used: | custom built and off-the-shelf mavic/shimano/dt wheels of various combinations | | Bike Setup: | hardtail set up for daily commute | | Bottom Line: | I've ridden these for 18 months, about 5000 miles of commuting, and am very very happy. These are one of the best bang for the buck purchases i've made. the wheels have yet to need a truing, though the back is slightly out of true but not enough to bother yet. The hits are different when commuting, i ride 1.2inch 100psi tires up and down curbs, over potholes, etc and the wheels have born the ~250lb bike/rider/gear load with no issue. Impressive from a 24/28 spoke wheel!! much better durability than the (nice) Mavic/shimano/dt wheels i've run in the past.
honestly i think the beating they take on-raod may be worse than off road: the hits are "bigger" off road but no where near as jarring as whacking stuff at 20+ mph with hi pressure tires. I may get a second set as backup, cause they're cheap and that good!
a big big advantage this wheelset has over any i've ridden is how fast they accelerate. i'm guessing it'a a combo of low inertia (the total weight isn't particularly low but the weight is more towards the center) and high spoke tension. Very responsive! honestly, after 18 months of ownership, they STILL feel fast! if you're not convinced a mtb bike can be fast, try these with a set of slicks and prepare to be surprised. I recently rode the Hotter than Hell 100 and averaged just over 20mph - on my commuter mtb bike, with these rims, and $13 Nashbar slicks! passing up packs of roadies was fun---
so give em a try. Five friggin flamers for this one. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
N.B.GAS
a Cross Country Rider
from LAS VEGAS, NV.
Date Reviewed: October 14, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | EMPTY ONES | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$225.00 | | Purchased At: | SUPERGO.com | | Strengths: | FAST...TRUE...BRAKING SURFACE...PRICE...LOOKS...LITE...
EVERYTHING I LOOK FOR IN A XC WHEELSET................. | | Weaknesses: | NONE... | | Similar Products Used: | OLD-SCHOOL ARAYAS...MAVIC X221,F519...ALEX 2100...OEM... | | Bike Setup: | 05'IBEX FRAME: MANITOU AXEL COMP 100mm...SRAM X9 GS,RD,
X-GEN FD,PG-970,PC-99,9.0 LEVERS...RACE-FACE EVOLVE CRANKS,
BB,STEM,FLAT-BAR,SEATPOST...AVID SD-7s,FLAK-JACKETs...SELLE
ITALIA TRANs AM X-O...AZONIC XTENSION...IRC MYTHOS XC..OURY. | | Bottom Line: | BEST WHEELSET I've HAD AS OF YET!
I WILL DEFFINETLY BUY ANOTHER SET FOR MY NEXT BUILD!
MY PLAN WAS TO BUILD A FAST-LITE-BIKE! THIS WHEELSET
COMPLETED THE PACKAGE!
.........................TIME TO RIDE FOREST RIDE!...
............QUIT FORKING AROUND AND GET S SET!.......
........................................PEACE........ | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Madison, WI
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | nashbar | | Strengths: | reasonable price for what you get, strong for their weight, and they seem fast. | | Weaknesses: | if you need a replacement spoke, you have to buy a $20 kit from cane creek, rather than just $1 for one spoke. I really hope I don't need to use the other spokes! | | Bike Setup: | gary fisher hoo koo e koo w/ deore xt shifting and avid brakes | | Bottom Line: | these wheels hold up okay, but most bike shops don't carry the spokes or have the special spoke wrench to true these wheels. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Rob Alicea
a Weekend Warrior
from Brentwood, NY
Date Reviewed: September 16, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | Rocky Point | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | $220.00 @ Supergo.com | | Strengths: | Incredibly strong and light… so far, hubs are holding up well…great torque transfer… using XT 9 spd cassette | | Weaknesses: | None yet... | | Similar Products Used: | Sunringle RPM Lite.. Aeroheat better quality... Mavic crossland... Aeroheat much lighter... | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale F600 w/ Ultra Fatty Headshok, XT hollowcranks, XT front derailleurs, XTR rear derailleurs, Monkeylite Hi-rise bar w/ Kore stem... | | Bottom Line: | GREAT VALUE... I'm 220 lbs and I put a beating on these rims, hubs are still rolling smooth and no truing problems yet... of course you can find lighter and stronger rims that's if you want to spend over $500.00+.... I have no complaints. I give it 5 flaming chili's just alone on value and performance! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
damon duehring
a Weekend Warrior
from gardner, ks, usa
Date Reviewed: September 6, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | landahl state park, missouri | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$249.00 | | Purchased At: | nashbar | | Strengths: | I'm no pro, but take 3 foot drops and hit the rocks pretty hard--after about 5 months of riding I have yet to true these. Please note that on any given day I'm about 210 pounds. They roll nice and smooth, plus look pretty cool. | | Weaknesses: | Rear hub needed tightening 2X--once before I put them on the bike, and once after about 3 months of riding. Haven't had to true these yet, but it doesn't look like it will be as simple as with regular wheels. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 317 with XT hubs. | | Bike Setup: | Whatever good parts I can get cheap on eBay go on a '96 Trek 8000 frame (I keep getting outbid on frames!). | | Bottom Line: | I really like these wheels. They seem to roll better than my old Mavics, and the price wasn't too bad for trying out a decent set of wheels. I'd recommend them to anybody. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Raful
a Cross Country Rider
from Jerusalem
Date Reviewed: April 13, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Light. not the lightest, but light enough. strong, great looks, amazing fast and light rolling. | | Weaknesses: | did'nt find any. have a dent in the rear rim from a nasty landing, but my lbs got it true. | | Similar Products Used: | crossmax, xtr on 517, bonti on xt etc | | Bottom Line: | a very good deal for the money. the nippels are on the hub so the extra waight over much more expensive wheels is neglectable. it climbs as good as the lightest wheels but is stronger and cheeper. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dino
a
from T.O., CA
Date Reviewed: October 17, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | These wheels are fairly light, look good, and the nipples are at the hubs. Very responsive factory service. | | Weaknesses: | The hub-centered nipples can also be a negative when it comes to truing the wheel. | | Similar Products Used: | All kinds of other wheelsets. | | Bottom Line: | These wheels seem to be a very good value. I've had them for a bit over a year and only recently had a problem. The problem was with the Shimano hub guts in the rear. A portion of a bearing retaining ring disintegrated. However, I contacted Doug Beeler at Cane Creek and he told me to send the wheel back to them-that it appeared to be a factory defect and they would fix it free of charge.
I sent the wheel back to Cane Creek, and a couple weeks later, it came back in perfect working order; no fuss, no muss (whatever that is).
I got excellent service from the company, and for that factor I would recommend Cane Creek products. The 5 chili rating is mainly a reflection of the service.
Probably not a great wheel for free-riding, but excellent for XC at the price.
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Submitted by
Ray
a Cross Country Rider
from Tucson, AZ
Date Reviewed: October 3, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | 50 Year Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$219.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo | | Strengths: | Strong, light, stays true, very smooth | | Weaknesses: | Have not found any | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager, Mavic | | Bike Setup: | Sugar | | Bottom Line: | Got these for Father's Day. I had a pair of Mavic's on my backup bike that I could not keep true. (This is my second set of Mavic's owned that I could not keep true) I moved my Bontrager wheels to my backup bike and put these on my Sugar. I ride rough but am not a free ride guy. These rims have been bullet proof so far. Even after hitting a boulder and pinch flatting, they are true and smooth. Very smooth wheels. I highly recommend them. (I also love my Bontrager wheels). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cruzader
a Cross Country Rider
from Jersey City
Date Reviewed: September 19, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Hunter Mtn | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$269.00 | | Purchased At: | Nashbar | | Strengths: | Great looks, definitely a head turner. Excellent acceleration, an all around tough wheelset. | | Weaknesses: | Proprietary nipple tool, but it comes with the wheels anyway. My only regret is not being able to upgrade to disc brakes now that I bought these. | | Similar Products Used: | Deore/Mavic 217 (stock stuff). | | Bike Setup: | '04 Fisher Advance, LX shifter, XT derailleurs, FSA/SRAM drivetrain, Fire XC Pro tires. | | Bottom Line: | I was a bit leary considering how thin these rims are, and a few reviews here about spoke problems. But I've had no issues whatsoever since I bought these almost 3mos ago. I don't beat them too hard, but hard enough; I'm maybe in the middle on the aggressiveness scale. But last week, I screwed up a 4ft drop onto concrete by nosediving and almost endo'ing . . . no effect on the rim, despite my cheesy RST suspension fork bottoming out hard. I'm glad I bought these wheels before upgrading the fork- if it was the other way around, my stock wheel might have taco'ed. These Aeroheats are stiff as hell, still perfectly true after 3mos, and I haven't experienced any lateral flexing as some others have. And there's definitely better out there within the same performance range, but none as cool looking as these! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steveo
a Cross Country Rider
from Pittsburgh
Date Reviewed: August 16, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Strengths: | light, price, durability | | Weaknesses: | stiffness | | Similar Products Used: | bontrager, sun, shimano, mavic, king | | Bike Setup: | Litespeed, marzocchi 80, sram, avid v | | Bottom Line: | Got these as a second set for some racing while I waited to get new rims laced up. Been riding these since. Nice smooth spin, great weight, super durability. My only nit would be that they do flex a bit more than the old 3x wheels but they have been able to take a lot of abuse xcountry including rock gardens, small drops, etc. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
JJ
a Cross Country Rider
from Asheville, NC
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Trace Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$249.00 | | Strengths: | Nipples at hub. Cartridge bearings stay clean in the mud. Fast acceleration. | | Weaknesses: | Laterel flex. | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager/LX | | Bike Setup: | Mongrel steel hardtail with XT and Cane Creek all around. | | Bottom Line: | I love these wheels and would buy them again. They are quite fast, and work great for climbing/accelerating. They are stiff but not so much laterally. On a rock-strewn ride, you can hear the front wheel smacking the brake pads. I find myself screaming downhill on these and getting a little bit out of control. Dented a rim after flatting and smacking a rock, but not bad. These are lightweight rims, they won't last forever. The hubs are nicely made and I'll just replace the rims when I wear them out. I've put some fairly hard miles on them, and they're doing good so far. They make me want to ride a lot more... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David Putman
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin
Date Reviewed: July 18, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | NorthShore- Grapevine TX | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Strengths: | I weigh 250lbs and have not trued them yet NOW thats impresive | | Weaknesses: | Nothing | | Similar Products Used: | mavics galore!!!! But no more | | Bike Setup: | Leader custon Sram xo setup , (Shimano LX crankset witch are junk) | | Bottom Line: | Cant go wrong with these I have put a few hundred mile on these with no problems at all.. I also use v brakes so I would notice something quik | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Racer
from Broomfield, Colorado
Date Reviewed: July 10, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | Tipperary creek | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | Light wheelset and also cheap. | | Weaknesses: | Cheap wheelset | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic Crossland | | Bike Setup: | KHS ALU frame, SID XC, Magura rim breaks | | Bottom Line: | I though I was getting into a good wheelset for $250. I too had the same problem with a spoke coming loose on the first ride. Luckily it was a road ride. That should never happen with any prebuilt wheel. I race cross-country. After the first season I had them the sidewalls were already dented. I have bought cheaper wheelsets that never had problems with dings. The other big problem with them is that ever since I started riding with them. I have been making very frequent trips to the store for tubes. I have flatted 5 out of the last 6 races. I used to go years with out flatting. This forced me to run really high pressure to try to fix the problem, but it didn't. They also don't stay true. I find myself truing them almost after every race. Going back to Mavic rims, other then a bearing I wore out after 4 years I never had a problem with them. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Randall Goeppner
a Cross Country Rider
from West Palm Beach, FL USA
Date Reviewed: November 10, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Alafia | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | SuperGo | | Strengths: | Strong, light, roll great, look good | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano, Bontrager | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Marlin, Sram XO rear derailleur, Sram 9.0 shifters, Shimano XT front derailleur, Sram chain and cassette, Avid single digit ultimate brakes, Thompson elite seat post, Continental tires, Raceface prodigy DH Crankset | | Bottom Line: | These wheels really work, the small things like, response and quickness are noticable, and they seem much stiffer than others. You can't beat this combination for the money, I love these wheels! Give them 5 and 5 chilis
The rider that wants a wheelset he can install and forget, this is it. Maybe someone who races and is looking for the very lightest would find another wheelset, but maybe not. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tom Sturtevant
a Racer
from Madison
Date Reviewed: August 9, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Southern unit | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$300.00 | | Purchased At: | Chrono Metro | | Strengths: | The strength to weight ratio is above the best! Me and my family have been buying bikes from Collin (he designed the wheel system) at Chrono Metro for the last 15 years. We have been riding a pair of the proto-type wheels for 10 years! My step mom crashed on the front wheel, snaped her fork and shattered her wrist. The wheel never even needed to be trued! | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Bront,mavic,shimano | | Bike Setup: | seven sola custom ti,xtr everything | | Bottom Line: | Race wheel that can also be riddin everday. As for alian silks problem, my son somehow you have dented you rim. I had the same problem after a six foot drop! Under normal xc conditions with the occasional 5 foot drop the wheels will never dent! If you want to go bigger I suggest the new cc zonos or wam ti! Don't even think about another wheelset! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Alain Silk
a Weekend Warrior
from San Diego, CA
Date Reviewed: August 7, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Noble | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Supergo online | | Strengths: | looks good, spins nicely, stays true | | Weaknesses: | build problems, difficult to adjust, requires special tools, | | Similar Products Used: | Sun Rhyno Lite, Mavic X221 | | Bike Setup: | '00 Rocky Mountain Oxygen, full XT, Avid V-brakes | | Bottom Line: | The wheels are a nice upgrade, the rims seem pretty beefy and strong. Additionally the hubs spin well. However, they don't seem to be significantly lighter than my old wheels, and I haven't noticed any magical climbing improvements. I wouldn't trust them for any serious drops, the radial lacing and low spoke count make me wary.
Given those hesitations, I have given them some good abuse on long rocky trails and they've held up well. One strange problem I've had is that one spoke on the rear wheel is shorter than the rest. This was noticed when it came completely loose after only 50 miles of riding. I'm happy to say that the wheel stayed true - no brake pad rub, even with one missing spoke, but I've had difficulty getting anyone to take responsibility for this. Supergo customer service has been barely helpful, offering to reimburse me for the cost of one spoke, which I'm not even going to try to replace myself, since the build is so unconventional. Consider the potential difficulty in truing these wheels yourself before you buy them.
Overall, I'd say that even though they're running fine, these wheels were NOT worth my money, and that's without considering the spoke issue. They're fine if you just want some cool looking wheels, but if you're interested in performance you could probably get the same for a better deal.
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Submitted by
Michael Warren
a Cross Country Rider
from Bulder, CO
Date Reviewed: May 19, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | walker Ranch, White Ranch | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | mail order | | Strengths: | Strong!!!, light, smooth quiet hubs, very Fast, look killer | | Weaknesses: | yeah right? | | Similar Products Used: | Velocity aeroheats(same thing)$ Deep V's, Cane Creek WAM, Mavic 139's, 317's, 223's, 517's, Cross-Roc's, Crossmax SL's | | Bike Setup: | Santa Cruz Superlight..XTR, Race face nexts, thomson...etc | | Bottom Line: | One of the best wheels out there from the best compnay in the business. I buy and sell bikes and parts like cigs on the black market and in my opinion...These are the best bang for the buck...The rims are made by a company in Australia called Velocity and marketed by cane creek. I had a set of the rims built on XTR huba and they rocked Cane creek does the hubs and spokes and a masterpiece is born. I think the cane creek hubs are faster and quieter. They are a superior design, bombproof and lightening fast... For example: After a epic trail ride, when my group of friends jumps back on the road to coast down to the cars, everybody is pedaling to keep up with my coasting?? And the best thing about the wheels is the compnay behind it. As far as customer service and support, THERE IS NONE BETER THAN CANE CREEK!! I recomend to anyone who just wants to go faster!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Denis Thibodeau
a Cross Country Rider
from Rutherfordton
Date Reviewed: July 30, 2002 | | Favorite Trail: | 9 mile trail, Marion NC | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$275.00 | | Purchased At: | Epic Cycle Black Mountain NC | | Strengths: | Durability, Looks, Lightweight, Makes climbs easier | | Weaknesses: | price , availability, not disc compatible | | Similar Products Used: | generic wheels | | Bike Setup: | 97 Klein pulse pro, 02 full XTR, Marzocchi x fly 100 (2001),profile bars, cane creek c2 headset | | Bottom Line: | Makes the climbs easier, good acceleration with pedal strokes. I ride cross country 2-3 times/week mostly single track, some of the climbs are difficult and these wheels help. They are still completely true despite many spectacular falls. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
giantxc
a Racer
from Vienna, VA USA
Date Reviewed: March 4, 2000 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | Amazing acceleration
Light
Good deal if you shop around
| | Weaknesses: | none yet | | Similar Products Used: | LX/Sun Rhyno Lite | | Bike Setup: | Giant ATX760, Crane Creek Wheelset, LX/XT/XTR/Gripshift Mix, 97 Spyder R | | Bottom Line: | These Wheels are light. More importantly, by inverting the spokes Cane Creek has drastically reduced rotating mass. The Result: Amazing acceleration. Perfect for XC racing or anybody who rides fast. I've only been out on them a few times so I can't atest to their durability. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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