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Have an AC All Mountain 29er wheelset at the moment - very strong but quite heavy. Looking for some rims also 28mm o/d but lighter, any recomendations?
AM Classic Wide Lightning?
Or a No Tubes Flow build with some very lightweight hubs?
The wheels you have are not that heavy, so you will have to spend a fair bit to get lighter and stay at 28mm width.
I've just gone for some carbon light bicycle ones, 35mm wide and 415grms. Not cheap though but then again a fraction of the price of enve's. Hoping to get my hope wheelset sub 1600g.....
Hoping to get my hope wheelset sub 1600g.....
Keep hoping... but it won't happen without the lightest spokes and alu nipples.
I'm thinking DT revolution, possibly alu nipples.
Hoping to get my hope wheelset sub 1600g.....
1750g if you're lucky.
Built some Hope's on BOR 333 rims for a mate last summer, rev spokes. They were still over 1600g for the pair and that's with sub 350g rims.
Just built 28H Crests on Pro2 Evo's for the GF with ally nipples (again 29er). Only just sub 1700g for the pair. And they're 380g per rim.
My advice with 29ers...? Stop obsessing over weight! They're heavier than 26" or 650b bikes, there's no getting away from it. The moment you leave them behind on a technical climb, or a rocky/rooty descent, you just won't care! 🙂
I've got an American Classic all mountain set at the minute which are 2kg for the set so it'll still be a decent drop in weight. The bike I've got I've not obsessed over weight, its just this was one area i wanted to drop some weight. Tyres is another one if i can.
I'm putting AC race 29's on new Carbine 1450 same width as AM's I believe but lighter
Pancenti 28's or 31's?