[JRogers]

For cranks, I'd go for XTs if you can. Reasonable price and weight. I think Diabolus and Saint are too much for most people; the arms are freakin heavy on those things. I'm much more likely to wreck a bb than bend the arms.

For wheels, I've had good luck with Sun and Mavic both. The Singletracks are nice for a lightweight set, but I'd go for the MTXs if you don't mind adding a few grams for durability. I've also used Mag 30s with good success but they are too heavy unless you really pound stuff. Definitely they are the strongest rim I've used.

I've also seen 321s and 521s (whatever the new numbers are for those) that have lasted forever. Get a good build and they can withstand some serious abuse. Haven't had much experience with the 823s but I've used 819s for a while and they were great.

A Hadley/Mavic set is sick. I had Hadley on my bike (stolen last month) and it was awesome. Never touched it, it just worked like it was supposed to all the time. Near instant engagement. Nice, satisfying buzz....

 

[sayndesyn]

Go X-9 unless you are getting it at more than 50% off... It's a der. that is going to take it in a rock garden sooner or later, better off spending the money on multiple ones..

 

[slcpunk21]

Hey, does anyone know of a wheel/hub that isn't SUPER loud?

I haven't had those DT hubs on any bike and was wondering is the star ratched loud?

 

[Bicyclist]

For cranks, I'd go for XTs if you can. Reasonable price and weight. I think Diabolus and Saint are too much for most people; the arms are freakin heavy on those things. I'm much more likely to wreck a bb than bend the arms.

I'm light and they still haven't worked out too well. BBs are easily contaminated and the spider is a little off. I prefer good old ISIS for now, even at the weight penalty. I've even had a crank arm fall off while riding on my XTs at Mammoth, that wasn't fun.

 

[FREERDR4LF]

as far as rims go, i have sun ringle double tracks that i have slammed onto so many rocks extremely hard and they are still perfectly straight, they really are bombproof. with my dh tubes and minion tires i never once flatted in the 3 years i have had this combination.
but i think the double tracks are replaced by the eight tracks which look sweet, and if i ever break these Dtracks i'm going straight for those.

 

[SBDownhillRacer]

8 tracks are nice. i have a seton my dh rig laced to ringle hubs and i'm running ghetto tubeless

 

[SXtrailrider]

sure i bet you do. Trevor were you at school today.

 

[SBDownhillRacer]

i went out to lunch

 

[slcpunk21]

I'm light and they still haven't worked out too well. BBs are easily contaminated and the spider is a little off. I prefer good old ISIS for now, even at the weight penalty. I've even had a crank arm fall off while riding on my XTs at Mammoth, that wasn't fun.

A crank arm fall off? Dang. I have saints on my other bike right now, and they are nice and stiff, just heavy. No issues with bad bearings, or arms coming loose except when they were brand new. They just needed to be re-torqued after the first few rides. Since then they have been solid.

 

[nmjb]

Hey, does anyone know of a wheel/hub that isn't SUPER loud?

I haven't had those DT hubs on any bike and was wondering is the star ratched loud?

I have an Azonic Outlaw wheelset on one of my bikes and the hub is very quiet, almost silent.

 

[slcpunk21]

I have an Azonic Outlaw wheelset on one of my bikes and the hub is very quiet, almost silent.

The only thing I don't like about th Azonic stuff is the rims, they're heavy and haven't held up for me. ( I haven't seen any problems with the hubs though.)

 

[nmjb]

The only thing I don't like about th Azonic stuff is the rims, they're heavy and haven't held up for me. ( I haven't seen any problems with the hubs though.)

I have never used them on my DH bike, they're on a hardtail that I ride as a trailbike. The rims do seem to dent easily, but like you, I haven't had any problems with the hubs.

 

[Bicyclist]

A crank arm fall off? Dang. I have saints on my other bike right now, and they are nice and stiff, just heavy. No issues with bad bearings, or arms coming loose except when they were brand new. They just needed to be re-torqued after the first few rides. Since then they have been solid.

Yeah, I really just prefer ISIS now.

 

[JRogers]

I'm light and they still haven't worked out too well. BBs are easily contaminated and the spider is a little off. I prefer good old ISIS for now, even at the weight penalty. I've even had a crank arm fall off while riding on my XTs at Mammoth, that wasn't fun.

Hmm...well, all I can say is I've had very good luck with Shimano cranksets. I've had Ultegra, XT and LX and all have worked well, particularly the bottom brackets.

 

[SBDownhillRacer]

how is the strength between isis and external bb.

 

[Bicyclist]

Hmm...well, all I can say is I've had very good luck with Shimano cranksets. I've had Ultegra, XT and LX and all have worked well, particularly the bottom brackets.

The BBs tend to get shot faster than internal BBs because of contamination. It's after a while. They work fine, the bearing just tend to give up quickly. And shelling out 50 bucks for a BB every 8 months isn't fun.