Help! Advice on wheels please...
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Any suggestions? Bike is 2002/3 GT Avalanche 1.0 with upgraded Raceface components, SDG belair saddle (latest spec), deore/xt and avid disc brakes (cable-came with bike), syncros lil snapper wheels/maxxis high rollers. Some tarmac but mostly offroad/xc riding...oh, and Im a large geezer weighing 17st!
So, any ideas up to about £150.00, inc new cassette, thinking of mavic something or other would appreciate your comments all!
Trying to keep costs well below this if possible, freind of mine has suggested mavic crossland but hes a skinny, fit little twerp!
Cheers, Dave...
So, any ideas up to about £150.00, inc new cassette, thinking of mavic something or other would appreciate your comments all!
Trying to keep costs well below this if possible, freind of mine has suggested mavic crossland but hes a skinny, fit little twerp!
Cheers, Dave...
I'm the same weight as you and am currently running Mavic CrossRides @ ~£110. I've had 2 problems with them: (1) the freehub needed a bit of attention (cleaning) after the winter and (2) the front skewer was cr4p so I replaced it with a Shimano one from an old wheel.
New cassette would be ~£30 for a decent XT jobbie like this which leaves you £10 out of your budget!
New cassette would be ~£30 for a decent XT jobbie like this which leaves you £10 out of your budget!
pdV6 said:
I'm the same weight as you and am currently running Mavic CrossRides @ ~£110. I've had 2 problems with them: (1) the freehub needed a bit of attention (cleaning) after the winter and (2) the front skewer was cr4p so I replaced it with a Shimano one from an old wheel.
New cassette would be ~£30 for a decent XT jobbie like this which leaves you £10 out of your budget!
I think the problem that Pete experienced with the Crossrides may well be a one off - however I also think that the wheels are blindingly good value, and costs had to be saved somewhere - perhaps the freewheel was a place - and most certainly the skewers were the cheapest they could find!New cassette would be ~£30 for a decent XT jobbie like this which leaves you £10 out of your budget!
Either way, I usually run Shimano skewers on everything anyhow (they are the best) - however I serious rate my Crossrides and Crosslands - I've hammered them and they haven't flinched. Very much worth the money, and look the part.
Sam
Go for an XT cassette. There so much lighter than a deore/LX one. So will be slightly easier to turn.
I run on SRAM 991 chains with XT cassettes. The've always been faultless. Thats for a 9 speed by the way.
As for wheels. If you can stretch to 200 quid, then you can't beat the Hope Pro 2's on 717/719 Mavic rims with DT double butted spokes for the money.
Kev
Go for an XT cassette. There so much lighter than a deore/LX one. So will be slightly easier to turn.
I run on SRAM 991 chains with XT cassettes. The've always been faultless. Thats for a 9 speed by the way.
As for wheels. If you can stretch to 200 quid, then you can't beat the Hope Pro 2's on 717/719 Mavic rims with DT double butted spokes for the money.
Kev
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