flamer Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Ahoy all,I've been told I need new rims on my 2010 Stumpjumper (fsr - 26in) as the current ones spokes have corroded onto the rim and I can no longer true them.I want something wide-ish so that I can run 2.3-2.4 tyres and not too pricey!Any ideas/suggestions? - was looking at the WTB st i25 available on chain reaction- around R550 per rim, before shipping.ThanksJ
flamer Posted April 19, 2015 Author Posted April 19, 2015 Also, any recommendations for people to build up the wheel? I live in the Cape Town's southern suburbs.
26er Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Not 100% sure,but I think Stans ZTR Arch Ex can run your sizes..great rims...
Lone_Ranger Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 Also, any recommendations for people to build up the wheel? I live in the Cape Town's southern suburbs.For wheel builder I recommend Lance at Epic Bike Shop. Builds great wheels.
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted April 19, 2015 Posted April 19, 2015 For wheel builder I recommend Lance at Epic Bike Shop. Builds great wheels.Yes. Epic Bike Shop above Suzuki South in Wynberg main road
flamer Posted April 19, 2015 Author Posted April 19, 2015 Thanks for the advice guys. Will definitely try Epic Bike shop for the wheel build.Ciao
nick_the_wheelbuilder Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Try Spank rims. Super strong, well priced and great looking. Some good wide options too
GlockG4 Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Whatever you do stay away from Easton!+100000000000well I had a very bad experience with their carbon rims, so I dont want Easton anything, I dont even buy their arrows for my bow anymore.
RockCoach Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Don't get Stans. Not proper tubeless rims and in 26" your tyre choices are being limited to mostly tubeless tyres. Fitting can be a pain. WTB and Onza still bringing in excellent tubeless tyres. Best cheapest combo is WTB rim and tyre. The i25 are excellent.
jcza Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Not sure why the Easton hate, I've done 4000+km on EA70XCTs and they're still alright. Best of all they're proper UST so no need for tape & easy to seat tyres.
PhilipV Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Don't get Stans. Not proper tubeless rims and in 26" your tyre choices are being limited to mostly tubeless tyres. Fitting can be a pain. WTB and Onza still bringing in excellent tubeless tyres. Best cheapest combo is WTB rim and tyre. The i25 are excellent.Stans not proper tubeless rims? What are you smoking? Stans started the tubeless revolution. They opted to have the open spokes that needed to be taped closed to make maintenance easier. Have you ever tried replacing a spoke in a mavic rim? And Stans can be inflated using a tiny pump because of the great rim shape. Tubeless tyres being a pain to fit means they are harder to burp or climb off the rim. Side note : WTB sued by a chop in America who decided it was their fault that he crashed, so they tightened their tolerances on the rim/tyre interface. Now they stick to the rim like glue.
Lone_Ranger Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Side note : WTB sued by a chop in America who decided it was their fault that he crashed, so they tightened their tolerances on the rim/tyre interface. Now they stick to the rim like glue.So that's why I keep falling, and here I thought it was lack of skill
RockCoach Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Stans not proper tubeless rims? What are you smoking? Stans started the tubeless revolution. They opted to have the open spokes that needed to be taped closed to make maintenance easier. Have you ever tried replacing a spoke in a mavic rim? And Stans can be inflated using a tiny pump because of the great rim shape. Tubeless tyres being a pain to fit means they are harder to burp or climb off the rim. Side note : WTB sued by a chop in America who decided it was their fault that he crashed, so they tightened their tolerances on the rim/tyre interface. Now they stick to the rim like glue.Everything you state is true. Without giving you the full answer, I will instead pose a question: Why does a proper UST tyre not fit onto a Stans rim? WTB not only tightened their tolerances after that lawsuit but they make proper UST tyres and rims.
PhilipV Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Everything you state is true. Without giving you the full answer, I will instead pose a question: Why does a proper UST tyre not fit onto a Stans rim? WTB not only tightened their tolerances after that lawsuit but they make proper UST tyres and rims.I've fitted proper UST tyres to a stans rim. Continental Mountain King to a Flow rim. My guess is that the stans rim sidewall is slightly higher? The reverse of trying to fit a Sagauaro to any rim? So my answer is: I don't know, please enlighten me.
nonky Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 I have been looking into new rims too and the consensus seems to be WTB and Spank.
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