Oxive, a new-to-the-scene carbon rim manufacturer, contacted me and asked me to do a review of their wheels/rims. They appear to be a new Chinese carbon rim manufacturer with several different wheel-sizes and rim widths.
https://www.oxivecarbon.com/
I'm happy with my AM wheelset-and-a-half and my fat wheelsets, but I was thinking of building up a new XC wheelset this summer for local racing. My current wheelset is built on Nexties that were DH and enduro raced for a few seasons starting in 2014, then re-built for a rigid bike, later a hardtail, xc racing, then re-built a 3rd time for my Pivot 429SL and raced a crapload more (including a pinch flat a few weeks ago in Sedona). To be sure, I've beat these to hell and back and if they spontaneously exploded tomorrow, I won't be disappointed. They aren't heavy with a DT240/XTR combo, but weight has come down a bit with some of the newer carbon rims and I wanted to get something along these lines. For this reason, I selected the 290g 29er XC racing rims. According to the site, these have a T700 and T800 layup. I asked for the rims, rather than complete wheels, since I prefer to build my own wheels.
https://www.oxivecarbon.com/products/copy-of-oxive-27-5-inch-asymmetric-carbon-mtb-rim-28width-light-weight-275g-free-shipping
That is the correct link, however, if you look at the page, you'll see the correct rim is shown. I pointed this out, but I'm not sure they understood.
At first, I wasn't quite sure if I was getting one or two rims. I felt that they were more than generous in supplying a rim and I've been traveling a lot and unable to respond to a lot of email or messages, but turned out it was two rims.
The package arrived, everything seemed normal about delivery and delivery time. The lead-time seemed perfectly normal.
Shipping tag
The cut on the box above was a little scary, but nothing inside was damaged. Impossible to tell where it came from, I had them shipped to my workplace and I wasn't there. Packaging was normal from what I've seen with carbon rims.
These are asymmetric rims. The finish and quality look great. Graphics are not stickers. Spoke holes look like they are painted/coated the same as the outside of the rim. Valve-hole looks to be drilled and not coated. No weird issues noted (no pieces of loose carbon, no delaminations, etc.). All in all they look like a great alternative to the other carbon-rim manufacturers out there, leading to what I consider reasonable wheel-build prices.
https://www.oxivecarbon.com/
I'm happy with my AM wheelset-and-a-half and my fat wheelsets, but I was thinking of building up a new XC wheelset this summer for local racing. My current wheelset is built on Nexties that were DH and enduro raced for a few seasons starting in 2014, then re-built for a rigid bike, later a hardtail, xc racing, then re-built a 3rd time for my Pivot 429SL and raced a crapload more (including a pinch flat a few weeks ago in Sedona). To be sure, I've beat these to hell and back and if they spontaneously exploded tomorrow, I won't be disappointed. They aren't heavy with a DT240/XTR combo, but weight has come down a bit with some of the newer carbon rims and I wanted to get something along these lines. For this reason, I selected the 290g 29er XC racing rims. According to the site, these have a T700 and T800 layup. I asked for the rims, rather than complete wheels, since I prefer to build my own wheels.
https://www.oxivecarbon.com/products/copy-of-oxive-27-5-inch-asymmetric-carbon-mtb-rim-28width-light-weight-275g-free-shipping
That is the correct link, however, if you look at the page, you'll see the correct rim is shown. I pointed this out, but I'm not sure they understood.
At first, I wasn't quite sure if I was getting one or two rims. I felt that they were more than generous in supplying a rim and I've been traveling a lot and unable to respond to a lot of email or messages, but turned out it was two rims.
The package arrived, everything seemed normal about delivery and delivery time. The lead-time seemed perfectly normal.
Shipping tag
The cut on the box above was a little scary, but nothing inside was damaged. Impossible to tell where it came from, I had them shipped to my workplace and I wasn't there. Packaging was normal from what I've seen with carbon rims.
These are asymmetric rims. The finish and quality look great. Graphics are not stickers. Spoke holes look like they are painted/coated the same as the outside of the rim. Valve-hole looks to be drilled and not coated. No weird issues noted (no pieces of loose carbon, no delaminations, etc.). All in all they look like a great alternative to the other carbon-rim manufacturers out there, leading to what I consider reasonable wheel-build prices.