Iwan Kemp Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Following the success of their Wide Lightning wheels launched a couple of years ago, American Classic set out to design and build a carbon version. Click here to view the article
Johny Bravo Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Flippen sexy wheels. I think the price is fair aswell.
DJuice Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Iwan and JB, agree they are sexy, gorgeous wheels.In the market for new wheels, price tag double my budget.Your thoughts on why they are perhaps better than normal wide lightnings or I9 ultra lights?
shaper Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 1569g for the wide lightning http://www.amclassic.com/en/products/mtb-wheels/wide-lightning-29-tubeless 1676g for theses Choice for weight, price and rim replacement costs... would take the wide lightning Would be interested to see a comparison of the two with regard to stiffness and ride quality! raptor-22 1
IH8MUD Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Eish . . . just more of the many nice bicycle things I can only dream of.
cbdcaffie Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 What's the point? The aluminium Race wheels are lighter and half the price. I find them plenty durable and stiff enough. Eddie Stafford and Mongoose! 2
Iwan Kemp Posted April 16, 2015 Author Posted April 16, 2015 Iwan and JB, agree they are sexy, gorgeous wheels.In the market for new wheels, price tag double my budget.Your thoughts on why they are perhaps better than normal wide lightnings or I9 ultra lights? What's the point? The aluminium Race wheels are lighter and half the price. I find them plenty durable and stiff enough. We'll be able to give you guys an informed opinion once we've done some k's on these as we've been riding the Wide Lightnings and will have a review out on those in just over a month or so. For now I'd say the increase in stiffness will help with wheel deflection through the rough stuff which is a big issue on 29er wheels. BUT, let's put some miles on them then we'll let you know. DJuice, Johny Bravo, raptor-22 and 1 other 4
Stoffies1 Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 What's the point? The aluminium Race wheels are lighter and half the price. I find them plenty durable and stiff enough.Carbon is the only way forward if you race hard especially the technical stuff. Aluminium rims they will be in the shop more often than not being true'd(spelling). Johny Bravo 1
Johny Bravo Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Carbon is the only way forward if you race hard especially the technical stuff. Aluminium rims they will be in the shop more often than not being true'd(spelling).My Alu rims were always dented and buckled. Got sooo tired of it, bought carbon and never looked back. 2 years now on a set of Roval rims and not a single problem. So yeah, absolutely agree with you. Stoffies1 1
Danger Dassie Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Carbon is the only way forward if you race hard especially the technical stuff. Aluminium rims they will be in the shop more often than not being true'd(spelling). How so? Many a pro team race aluminum wheelsets with minimal maintenance issues. No wheelset is worth a damn if it isn't built properly. BMC use carbon wheelsets for their inherent stiffness but on the rougher courses like the Marathon route in Pmb last year, they opted for alloy wheelsets as they find them more forgiving. My own wheels (Stans Arch) have lasted two full seasons of racing xco and marathon events. Including training rides. This is their third year and they're still running as true and tensioned as the day I got them. The only thing I've done is strip them down, clean them, regrease the bearings/freehub etc and redo the tubeless setup with a cursory check by the workshop on the truing and tension. It's 80% down to the build of the wheel, be it carbon or alloy imo. raptor-22 1
Danger Dassie Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 We'll be able to give you guys an informed opinion once we've done some k's on these as we've been riding the Wide Lightnings and will have a review out on those in just over a month or so. For now I'd say the increase in stiffness will help with wheel deflection through the rough stuff which is a big issue on 29er wheels. BUT, let's put some miles on them then we'll let you know. Is that rim tape the shiny ultra thin stuff that Shan is bringing in?
Mongoose! Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 What's the point? The aluminium Race wheels are lighter and half the price. I find them plenty durable and stiff enough.jip love mine!!!!!!!!!!
jcza Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 I'm done with non UST rims and rim tape. ChUkKy, Mongoose! and DIPSLICK 3
DIPSLICK Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 I'm done with non UST rims and rim tape.+me ChUkKy 1
Iwan Kemp Posted August 9, 2015 Author Posted August 9, 2015 I'm done with non UST rims and rim tape. Do tell more? I've never had any issues and am interested to hear about your experience. raptor-22 and BrandonF_ 2
raptor-22 Posted August 9, 2015 Posted August 9, 2015 never had issues with any well built stress relieved wheel. UST is nice but have run Stans without issues. BrandonF_ 1
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