[E. Guido Soda]

Thoughts? Alternate suggestons? Admittedly, the first thing that intrigued me is the color scheme, which will look rad on my white bike with red/black accents. Also, they are moderately priced at about $530 for the set...I'm all ears.

Thx,

-EGS

Easton EA70 XC 29er Wheelset 2011 at Price Point

 

[golgiaparatus]

Those wheels have a high bling factor, but they are a tad heavy.

Go with these instead:
Speedgoat Bicycles / Catalog

Similar price, 400g lighter. I have a set that are 2 years old and still running strong. Rear bearings have been swapped out once (and that's after a LOT of miles). Stan's rims also set up tubeless better than any other (if you want to go that route), if not then they work with tubes fine too.

 

[golgiaparatus]

And don't worry... 400g lighter doesn't meant they aren't durable. Our local terrain weeds out weak components pretty quickly.

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[oldfart]

Easton hubs are not very good. Especially the rear ones. I have a pair of Haven wheels and the rear hub is pooched. Went to Moab in the spring and it was pretty wet. Got home and the thing felt like it was running on gravel. Replaced a couple bearings and was not able to get it to run smoothly. The shop couldn't do much either so it's currently back to the distributor for look see. I may have bent the axle a tiny bit. Nothing I can visualize but there seems to be a tight spot as I rotate the axle. Anyway, Easton hub issues are not unknown. You might be better off buying a pair of Shimano XT hubs and building up a set of Stan's Crest wheels for probably less coin.