[loco-gringo]

I spent the week riding some 819s on XT hubs and they seemed stiff enough, less the QR front. I have been riding some Loco wheels, which are Formula hubs on Alex Supra Ds. That means they are heavy. Anyone have a good rim to suggest that will save some weight? I would like to shed a pound or two off of the Reign for the climbing trail rides. I'll keep the DH wheels for various rides, but don't like to carry the weight if I don't have to. I know I will be using Hope hubs up front most likely, and if I go 819s, I'll just use the 819/DT 240 I have now on the back.

What are your thoughts? Who rides what?

 

[splat]

you MMcG is going to say 29er!

 

[TreeSaw]

We've had good luck with our Mavic Rims. You thinking tubeless or regular?

 

[moff_quigley]

I'm running Kings with Mavic 819 laced with CX-Ray spokes. They seem plenty stiff to me. I'm not sure that I'd be able to tell the difference between a stiff wheel and one that was considered less stiff. You might look into DT 5.1s. Seem like they would be a sweet "all around" rim and you could go tubeless with DT's rim strips.

 

[Jim Mac]

I spent the week riding some 819s on XT hubs and they seemed stiff enough, less the QR front. I have been riding some Loco wheels, which are Formula hubs on Alex Supra Ds. That means they are heavy. Anyone have a good rim to suggest that will save some weight? I would like to shed a pound or two off of the Reign for the climbing trail rides. I'll keep the DH wheels for various rides, but don't like to carry the weight if I don't have to. I know I will be using Hope hubs up front most likely, and if I go 819s, I'll just use the 819/DT 240 I have now on the back.

What are your thoughts? Who rides what?

I am not sure if it's weight saving at all, but we have had good luck with Azonic Outlaws (front on my SS, rear on my wife's DH bike). I have also been running a Atom Lab Trail Pimp in the rear on my SS - heavy, I know, but has barely gone out of true and I rode it a lot this year.

What I would not recommend: DT Swiss 6.1 FR rims. Laced up a set with some sweet Chris King Hubs for my dh bike and pretty much got flat spots and tons of big dings right away.

 

[loco-gringo]

They'll be tubeless, Tree. If I can't get tubeless rims, I'll run Maxxis strips. I've had good luck with them.

 

[loco-gringo]

I am not sure if it's weight saving at all, but we have had good luck with Azonic Outlaws (front on my SS, rear on my wife's DH bike). I have also been running a Atom Lab Trail Pimp in the rear on my SS - heavy, I know, but has barely gone out of true and I rode it a lot this year.

What I would not recommend: DT Swiss 6.1 FR rims. Laced up a set with some sweet Chris King Hubs for my dh bike and pretty much got flat spots and tons of big dings right away.

I am not sure if the Outlaw hub is the same, but the rims on Outlaws are the same as the Loco wheels.

 

[TreeSaw]

They'll be tubeless, Tree. If I can't get tubeless rims, I'll run Maxxis strips. I've had good luck with them.

We have a Stans kit if you need one....we both have tubeless and won't need it.

 

[loco-gringo]

We have a Stans kit if you need one....we both have tubeless and won't need it.

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.

 

[buildyourown]

I've had amazing success with 317s. I'm not sure what they are called now but they are the highend disc only sub 400g rim.
I've got 6+ years on one set and I ride them hard.

 

[loco-gringo]

I've had amazing success with 317s. I'm not sure what they are called now but they are the highend disc only sub 400g rim.
I've got 6+ years on one set and I ride them hard.

I weigh 200 lbs nearly and can assure you that is not a good rim for me to ride on a 6" travel bike. Those will be going back on the wife's bike if I take the 819s back for me. They are 717 discs now. Thanks.

 

[TreeSaw]

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.

I think Mavic says not to use rim tape with the 819s too....keep that in mind.

 

[jacksonpt]

How much do you weigh? How rough are you on rims?

I've had good luck with my DT 4.1d rims. They aren't tubeless, but that doesn't matter to me.

 

[Wumpus]

I weigh 200 lbs nearly.

The 317 on the front of the jamis is holding up nicely. Not sure how it would handle those 2.55s though. Order me a hope conversion, and I'll let you try it.

 

[loco-gringo]

The 317 on the front of the jamis is holding up nicely. Not sure how it would handle those 2.55s though. Order me a hope conversion, and I'll let you try it.

Dude, I am just under. I am so kicking your ass when I get back. I am totally able to suffer a climb right now.

I may look into some wheels like you have on the Banshee. Those seemed lighter than my wheels. I also may look into the conversion, but I am afraid to put 2.5s on something that narrow. I may look into Salsa rims too.

 

[Wumpus]

Dude, I am just under. I am so kicking your ass when I get back. I am totally able to suffer a climb right now.

I may look into some wheels like you have on the Banshee. Those seemed lighter than my wheels. I also may look into the conversion, but I am afraid to put 2.5s on something that narrow. I may look into Salsa rims too.

Order me a conversion anyway, and you really don't really need tires that wide.

The banshees are DT 440s with 321/219s.

 

[MMcG]

What about some DT Swiss Rims, or perhaps Halo Rims??

Can't go wrong with Mavic Rims in my book though.

 

[OGRipper]

Find the Mavic in the width you want and be done with it. Every time I stray I regret it.

Regardless, I would stay away from the DT 4.1. I am also 200 lbs and I find that they dent too easy. That's my experience anyway. And I don't run tubeless so I'm probably running higher pressures.