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Description:
- Front and rear axle: Steel
- Rims material: 6106 Aluminum
- Shape: Straight pull, round
- Front and rear body: Aluminum
- Bearing: QRM
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Submitted by
D Thomas Lamourine
a Weekend Warrior
from Old Lyme
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Rocky point LI, NY | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$109.00 | | Purchased At: | CBO | | Strengths: | Light!!, stiff!!, smooth... OK... and look good too!! | | Weaknesses: | none ...... so far | | Similar Products Used: | Shimaro/ Sunrim | | Bike Setup: | K2 Apache 5/ Sram x-9 drivetrain/Avid BB7 brakes... bla bla bla Very light bike! | | Bottom Line: | SO far they are WAY better than the stock Shimaro/Sumrim cheapies that came on the bike. Much stiffer, truer, smoother running. Just got the rear.
read all the complaints about these cracking. but they are XC rims. Not "All Mountain" and I'm guessing that most people who have had issues with them are younger and more All MTN riders, that ride a little harder then they where intended for, and expect these light weight wheels to be stronger.
I'm a gezzer, (OK 40+) and ride more of a single track/dirt road type trails with little or no drops, so I'm guessing that I'm not going to have an issue ( I hope)
Now they are replacing them with the crosstrail probably to get rid of some of the bad hype but if you can get a Crossland and ride less aggressive then I think you'll love them over normal cheaper wheels | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mark
a Racer
from Wisconsin
Date Reviewed: February 16, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$ | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Strength, serviceability | | Weaknesses: | Nothing so far. | | Similar Products Used: | Custom wheels | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Scalpel | | Bottom Line: | I am a clydesdale (250 lbs.) and race (16 times usually per year). I have not had any problems with these wheels what so ever. I have had to true them once at the end of last year.
I run tubeless all the time and recommend it to anyone. I have used regular UST tires and have used regular tires with Stan's fluid. Either way works fine with these wheels. For UST tires you can mount them with a floor pump, but a air compressor works the best.
I don't know what the other people were complaining about. I weigh 100 lbs. more than he does and ride very aggressively and never had a problem. So for the money you can't go wrong.
BUY THESE WHEELS!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
dave
a
from boise
Date Reviewed: December 5, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | performance | | Strengths: | reliable,strong. | | Weaknesses: | rim brake surface looks dweeb if you are useing disc. | | Similar Products Used: | | | Bike Setup: | 2004 Ibex tropphy hardtail, 2006 Heckler. | | Bottom Line: | I do not know what the hell you guys are talking about in regards to reliability, I have 2 sets of these wheels and have had absolutely no problem with them however I am quite religious about maintainence are youse knuckleheads? or do you work for some other wheel company? | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Vibrato
a Cross Country Rider
from Silvis Illinois
Date Reviewed: October 3, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Any in Dupont | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Little Aydes, Pekin Il | | Strengths: | Inexpensive, they look good | | Weaknesses: | Axles!!! | | Similar Products Used: | Stock WTB's, Shimano's | | Bike Setup: | 07' anthem, xt dual controls w/ hydro disks, external bearing crank, etc. | | Bottom Line: | 200.00 for the wheel SET, 50.00 to replace the rear axle. Now I've broken it twice!! If you're less than 150 pounds or never leave the ground, good wheels, if you're rough on a bike, you may not want these. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Keith
a Cross Country Rider
from gainesville, ga
Date Reviewed: August 21, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | bull mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$100.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay - rear wheel | | Strengths: | UST, rims are fairly strong and stay true | | Weaknesses: | Hub is complete crap, shims in freehub come loose, a ceramic bushing inside the freehub wears down and causes play in the freehub, causing shifting and cassette problems | | Similar Products Used: | mavic crossmax (lasted longer than crossland) but too expensive to fix, xt hubs w/ rhynolites (indestructable) | | Bike Setup: | jamis dragon, xtr, v-brakes, crossmax front (still going), xt/rhynolite rear | | Bottom Line: | Buy only if you plan on replacing after around 600 miles of mtb. Mavic does not know how to make a serviceable, quality rear wheel. 1 time shame on you, 2 times shame on me. Never again will I buy mavic. xt/ rhynolites - $150 - 4500 miles and counting
2 chilis for working well for 6 months. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Cross Country Rider
from Chandler, AZ, US
Date Reviewed: May 9, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | South Mountain | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | Price Point | | Strengths: | Tubeless, relatively light and cheap | | Weaknesses: | Rear hub needs periodic cleaning | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano hubs with other mavic rims | | Bike Setup: | Turner Burner, manitou minute 1:00, manitou 3 way swinger, shimano xt and xtr parts | | Bottom Line: | This was a relatively good set of wheels for the first 2 years. I weight about 185 lbs and ride 3 to 4 times a week, aggressive XC. The rims stayed surprisingly true in that time. The rear hub would require cleaning every 7 to 8 months, but it was easy to take apart. I really liked the tubeless rims, just use a little Stans-no-tube and they worked great. At 2.5 years cracks developed near most of the spoke nipples of the rear rim. Then one nipple broke threw and tore the rim. That was it for the rear rim. The front rim is still going. I can't bring myself to buy another set knowing that they will be trashed in a couple of years. If you weight less, you may want to consider buying them. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Seth
a Cross Country Rider
from Hanahan, SC,
Date Reviewed: May 2, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$213.00 | | Purchased At: | | | Strengths: | Can run either disc or rim brakes. Never needs truing. | | Weaknesses: | If using the supplied quick-release, will damage your fork's dropout. Can't get the quick-release tight enough, evenually comes loose, causes the dropout to rub against the hub. | | Similar Products Used: | | | Bike Setup: | | | Bottom Line: | Upgrade the cheap quick-release skewer prior to using these wheels. After one year of use and not using better skewers, I'm looking at replacing the lower legs on my $600 fork. Lesson learned. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gary
a Cross Country Rider
from arkham, ma
Date Reviewed: April 15, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$ | | Purchased At: | lbs | | Strengths: | perform well, rugged, inexpensive, ust, look good | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | numerous other stuff, xt hubs on different rims, hope xc on 717's | | Bike Setup: | i now have these on 2 bikes, a non stock giant vt and a santa cruz superlight | | Bottom Line: | i ride year round day or night and wanted to try ust, fixing flats on a cold winter night or mosquito infested bottomlands was getting old, tight budget,so i got these on the advice of my mechanic at a local bike shop. i'm well over a thousand miles on the first set and only needed a minor truing once on the front wheel. ride weirwolfs with a little stans, the wheels don't really feel all that heavy, ride alot of rocky stuff and my rims always look it, these have held up well, still roll smooth and i haven't flatted once. i don't know why these aren't more popular than they are, i consider these a great buy. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Richard Cranium
a Weekend Warrior
from Austin, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: April 14, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Walnut Creek Park | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$220.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Extremely strong & durable stays true no matter what you roll it over, jump over, drop off's etc... Straight pull spokes, super smooth rolling hubs, great looking and the ability to go tubeless at a super cheap price. | | Weaknesses: | none than I can find | | Similar Products Used: | Handbuilt Mavic 819's with XT hubs, Mavic 317's with DT Cerit hubs, Sun Rhynolite XL's.... | | Bike Setup: | Giant Trance 1 & Giant XTC | | Bottom Line: | I am a clydesdale (6'2" & 240 lbs) and have had issues with everyone other wheelset I have ever ridden, warped/bent rims, continually having to true wheelsets etc...
While picking up a wheelset from my LBS after they trued them (again) my most trusted mechanic recommended that I try the Mavic Crossland - best money I ever spent on my bikes. They look great, smooth.......... rolling hubs and in the past year and 800 trail miles later I have not had any issues, no more trips to get this wheelset trued ! This wheelset is bomb proof !!!!!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tedroy
a Weekend Warrior
from Pasadena
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Still lookin' | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | supergo | | Strengths: | Cheap & strong, UST, cool hubs, straight pull spokes, OK, they're a little heavy 'cause they have V-Brake surfaces, but c'mon for 2 bills (on sale) waddya want? The tubeless thing really makes sense for me 'cause I live in goatheadville! | | Weaknesses: | Heavyish, While the UST valve stems are removeable the cores are not, so you have to bust the seal on the tire's bead to add / remove sealant. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic Crossmarks | | Bike Setup: | 04' Turner Burner, XR rockers, RP23, RS Reba W/U-Turn, poploc,
and beer/intercooler hyperventilator! | | Bottom Line: | These rims have treated me real well. No trueing needed after 2 years. UST feature holds air just fine. Mounting UST tires is do-able with a standard floor pump, but the local gas station compressor is a better option. There are cheaper wheels and super cool mega-xpensive hyper race wheels but these fit the bill for me. I ain't racing anybody but myself so the heavy wheels just mean I'm gettin' a better workout than weight-weenie boy. Also, the straight-pull spokes aren't so proprietary (like the new mavics) that if I broke one, I could probably find one in LA somewhere! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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