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Current wheels weigh 820g front and 1180 rear inc rim strips (Giant Anthem x3 stock wheelset)
has to be 15mm front and conventional qr rear hub-
What would you choose / recommend?
Cheers!
2nd hand Hope hubs off ebay & new Stans crest(*) rims. Spokes & nipples from Rose, Roger Musson's wheel building book from the web.
(*) or Flow if it's gnarr-core XXXC.
Superstar Switch Evo on Stan crests - 1650g or there abouts £220 - http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=496
Just got some myself and very happy with them.
Whoops, sorry not 15mm.
How about these?http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=63318
I'm about to put a set of Black Flag Pro with 15mm and QR adapters up for sale. They are black rims and black hubs with blue nipples (they are not the standard colours as they were OEM on a bike). They have Stans yellow tape ready applied.
They've done about 200 miles and are mint apart from a gouge in the freehub from putting a ring on back to front but that does not affect them (as its in the opposite direction to that normally applied but a cassette) or cause problems getting cassettes on and off.
£170 plus postage
I got some of those 355s on XT hubs from merlin. They are reasonable and have took a pounding on my Trance X.
I got some of those 355s on XT hubs from merlin. They are reasonable and have took a pounding on my Trance X.
How heavy are they monkeychild?