I'm looking for some rims for my wifes bike to go with the Hayes 9 brakes I'm going to put on it. She's a pretty timid rider and generally stops before she slams her rims into rocks. I'm looking at some Mavic X223 disc only wheels but I have no idea if they are worth a shit or not. Anyone here know the ins & outs of rims and which are strong and which are cheese?
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Thread: A Rimming question
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08-23-2005, 05:28 PM #1
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A Rimming question
You are what you eat.
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08-23-2005, 05:30 PM #2
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Paging snow_slider to the front.
snow_slider you have a call on line 1.
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08-23-2005, 06:09 PM #3
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Nice rims, I built a 223 on the ENO hub and still works great on my SS
$45ish CAN
Mavic is my fav rim to build, true and work on.
good bet for her price vs weight vs durability
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08-23-2005, 06:30 PM #4
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$45 for rims only I'm assuming. They want $89USD for front and rear wheels with Deore hubs.
Originally Posted by mntlion
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08-23-2005, 07:08 PM #5
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mavic are nice but so are sun ds1 and ds2. I would buy the wheelset for $89 and have someone go over them, unless you want nicer hubs.
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08-23-2005, 08:58 PM #6
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$90 USD ~ $110 CAD Originally Posted by Beaver
so retail is
45 rim
45ish hub
$20 spokes
$45 build
$155 CAD but hand built does go a long way.
The 517's I laced up did 3 years of freeride and XC and where still true when I sold the bike ......
if you can't find people in nelson to build wheels PM me I can and get them to ya from lake louise .......
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08-23-2005, 11:15 PM #7
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I was surprised by the absence of a NSFW warning in the title.
No opinion on rims.
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08-23-2005, 11:32 PM #8
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I've got the 223's on my Slayer and that bike has taken 8 foot drops to tranny, 15 foot stepdowns to coming-up-short, miles and miles of trailriding not to mention maneuvers and the rims are in great shape. I say get em.
vapor lock - bitch.
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08-24-2005, 11:40 AM #9
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Is that $155 for both rims? The $89usd is for both (+20 del). Originally Posted by mntlion
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08-27-2005, 08:07 PM #10
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nope; thats each bev.
for $110 US for the pair, pull the trigger and get someone in Nelson to cheap the tension ofter the first ride of two
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08-28-2005, 01:26 AM #11
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Trigger pulled.
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