Balsie Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Looking at purchasing the Novatec Flow trail 650b wheelset from Evobikes. Anybody got an independent opinion on this wheelset as I have never ridden them before. Like the priceLike the weightLike the fact they are wide!Like the fact they have a rider weight of 120 kg! Means they should be bulletproof! Don't know too much about the Novatec hub so feedback on that would also be appreciated. Putting them on my Trance 650b so hoping for a fun ride!
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 Nothing wrong with Novatec hubs!
dillon Posted March 13, 2014 Posted March 13, 2014 running novatec 811s on 2 bikes, nothing wrong with them
GhostSixFour Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 I have the flowtrails 29" on my bike. Loving them. They have taken some poorly planned knocks, as in I was thinking about something else and didn't see the massive rut in trail. They come with all the adapters to make them fit any axle type and you get some spare spokes as well. Just take note, that although the website says tubeless ready, you'll need to seal to rim with tape and the syncros tyres I got with them didn't play so well. Kept popping and spraying stans everywhere. This has stopped since fitting normal Maxxis crossmarks.
LazyTrailRider Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 I'm running a 29" set as well. So far: Super stiff, light and the finishing is really great (much better than a comparable Mavic set, to be honest). Oh, and the freehub sound is totally wicked. With 6 pawls, it's somewhere between an I9 and CK. Love it!
Iwan Kemp Posted March 14, 2014 Posted March 14, 2014 Looking at purchasing the Novatec Flow trail 650b wheelset from Evobikes. Anybody got an independent opinion on this wheelset as I have never ridden them before. Like the priceLike the weightLike the fact they are wide!Like the fact they have a rider weight of 120 kg! Means they should be bulletproof! Don't know too much about the Novatec hub so feedback on that would also be appreciated. Putting them on my Trance 650b so hoping for a fun ride! You won't regret it. Bonus is the new hubs can be converted to just about any "standard" by simply swapping out end caps.
Pipsqueak Posted September 22, 2014 Posted September 22, 2014 Just to weigh in here. I've had a set of 27.5 Flowtrails for over a year now, and the rear spokes are snapping with alarming frequency. Almost as if they've reached their sell-by date. I've been replacing as they break - retensioning and truing as I go, but last weekend I had 3 go - right at the hub flange. Off to get the wheel rebuilt today. Methinks meatier spokes; the existing ones look a little thin. Having said this, I have abused them totally. And despite the broken spokes, the rim still runs true.
LazyTrailRider Posted October 12, 2014 Posted October 12, 2014 An update: I snapped a rear spoke as well this weekend, so going to replace it this week sometime. Like Pipsqueak, my wheelset has seen hard riding, but not a lot of riding to be honest. Plus, I'm light so it's still fairly unexpected. They've been stellar otherwise though!
tunariaan Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Im also looking at the wheels for a Ss build but i think im gonna go with the American Classic ones..about the same price but i think they are better wheels
LazyTrailRider Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 Another update: It was a snapped nipple, not a spoke. Marc at Crown Cycles reckons it's inevitable for this to happen to aggressive wheels running alloy nipples, as opposed to brass ones. Solution? Rebuild it with brass nipples. Luckily it's a cheap fix! Further update: The rebuild revealed at pretty much all of the alloy nipples had started corroding (the Stan's obviously contributing to this) so it's a good thing they were replaced anyway. Brass all the way!
Pipsqueak Posted November 5, 2014 Posted November 5, 2014 Had the rear wheel rebuilt with slightly heavier spokes. After riding up and down the Himalayas - the down was very rough, steep and fast (5.1 vertical KMs over 93KMs) - very rocky... They're perfectly true. Very happy with these wheels, you may just need to watch the OEM spokes.
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