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I can't speak for the enduro rims, but I have the torch DH wheels on my tr500 and the torch trail wheels on my Bandit.
One thing I can tell you for sure, it that stiffness will not be a problem with that rim. Even my trail wheels are nice and stiff and track great when pushed. The width should be fine for DH as well with the enduro rims. IMO, I think you should give it a go, but then again, I am highly biased. I love their wheels, and they have awesome pumptrack races at i9 and feed us free Nathan hotdogs.

No experience with the trails, but based sheerly on their weight of the rims (385g), I'd be afraid to run those for DH. My enduro rims have been very tough on my AM bike. I did put a flat spot in my rear wheel when I badly (and I mean badly) cased a gap at speed with low air pressure in the tire (I chalk that up to my bad). Was able to tighten spokes and keep riding it until I got a chance to send it in for a new rim. At that service they replaced my hub free of charge because "it was an older version." Turn around was like 3 days--top notch service from those guys. Other than that they have held up to a full year plus of hard riding including a good bit in Pisgah. I weigh about 195 plus gear and am probably on the plow side of the spectrum.

One additional difference between the enduro wheels and the gravity wheels is that the gravity wheels use thicker spokes. I think running the enduro rims is an experiment worth doing if you don't tear up wheels much. Agree with Jeremy that tire profile will be fine. That said, I suspect that if you do something dumb, they may not hold up like a real DH rim. I know that for me and my propensity to do dumb things, I would just get the gravity wheels which are still very light at 1750 grams (130 more than the enduros for 26" wheels).

Cool! Keep us posted.

They should work fine unless you are getting really crazy. I have them on my trail bike and it's seen some heavy riding, lift riding, lots of rocks and they've stayed true for a year with just a few little dents. 26 inchers on torches, and I also haven't had the spoke tension issues that some of my older sets have.

My 26" 157,20mm DH wheels (DT 240, DT Aerolite, Light Bicycle DH) are a hair over 1500g and are like new after 2 years. The wheels on my 650b XC and enduro bikes using the same hubs (but 135,15 and 142,15), spokes, with trail and enduro rims from LB weigh high 1300s and high 1400s.

whoa, Kanter ... nice!