I am looking to build a reasonably durable and lightweight wheelset for general purpose DH: not full-on hucking, but not race-day only either.
About me: I am 165lbs out of the shower, 175lbs ready to ride. I am sometimes too slow to hit the sweet spot of a transition on big boy race courses, but too stupid to roll it or go around it. Also, I mostly ride at places like Plattekill where flattish landings are par for the course. A soft rim that flat spots easily is not going to cut it.
I am currently using a pair of Azonic Outlaw wheels but the rear hub is developing a bunch of play. Azonic is helping me figure out the problem, but I'd like to have the Outlaw become the backup wheelset. I am running the Azonic wheelset tubeless with yellow tape and a Stan's freeride rim strip without a hitch. My usual tires are MAxxis Minion DHF 2-ply or High roller 2-ply 2.5 or 2.7. These tires seal up beautifully on the converted Azonic rims and never burp. I am not planning on using UST tires on the new rims, but I would like to be able to run Maxxis 2-ply tires tubeless.
Is Azonic still using the Alex Supra D rim in their wheelset?
I compiled a list of rims with weight and internal/external rim width. I would be interested in hearing If you guys have had good or bad experiences with any of these rims and if you have a recommendation for what would suit me needs the best.
Here we go:
Rim Internal width External width Published weight
Alex Supra D 25mm 31.7mm 588g
Atomlab Pimplite 22.4mm 31.5mm 630g
DT Swiss FR600 25mm 31.8mm 600g
Mavic EX721 21mm --- 590g
Mavic EX823 UST 23mm --- 655g (+eyelets)
Mavic EX729 29mm --- 675g
Spank Spike EVO 35AL 30mm 35mm 599g
Sun MTX 31 24mm 31mm 630g
Sun EQ 31 22.4mm 31.5mm 546g
Syncros FR DS32 --- 32mm 564g
WTB LaserDisc FR --- 30mm 570g
WTB LaserDisc DH --- 34mm 635g
Is there any other rim I am forgetting?
About me: I am 165lbs out of the shower, 175lbs ready to ride. I am sometimes too slow to hit the sweet spot of a transition on big boy race courses, but too stupid to roll it or go around it. Also, I mostly ride at places like Plattekill where flattish landings are par for the course. A soft rim that flat spots easily is not going to cut it.
I am currently using a pair of Azonic Outlaw wheels but the rear hub is developing a bunch of play. Azonic is helping me figure out the problem, but I'd like to have the Outlaw become the backup wheelset. I am running the Azonic wheelset tubeless with yellow tape and a Stan's freeride rim strip without a hitch. My usual tires are MAxxis Minion DHF 2-ply or High roller 2-ply 2.5 or 2.7. These tires seal up beautifully on the converted Azonic rims and never burp. I am not planning on using UST tires on the new rims, but I would like to be able to run Maxxis 2-ply tires tubeless.
Is Azonic still using the Alex Supra D rim in their wheelset?
I compiled a list of rims with weight and internal/external rim width. I would be interested in hearing If you guys have had good or bad experiences with any of these rims and if you have a recommendation for what would suit me needs the best.
Here we go:
Rim Internal width External width Published weight
Alex Supra D 25mm 31.7mm 588g
Atomlab Pimplite 22.4mm 31.5mm 630g
DT Swiss FR600 25mm 31.8mm 600g
Mavic EX721 21mm --- 590g
Mavic EX823 UST 23mm --- 655g (+eyelets)
Mavic EX729 29mm --- 675g
Spank Spike EVO 35AL 30mm 35mm 599g
Sun MTX 31 24mm 31mm 630g
Sun EQ 31 22.4mm 31.5mm 546g
Syncros FR DS32 --- 32mm 564g
WTB LaserDisc FR --- 30mm 570g
WTB LaserDisc DH --- 34mm 635g
Is there any other rim I am forgetting?
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