Stans announce overhauled MK4 Crest, Arch and Flow rims

[BaGearA]

13 minutes ago, splat said:

You are right. I am too heavy for them.

I suppose that I was hoping that the MK4's would be a bit more robust as I was considering them for a gravel bike build with some Hope RS4 hubs.

They are no longer on my radar
 

How much heavier is the arch ? I assume it'll handle you just fine.

[nick_the_wheelbuilder]

On 11/4/2021 at 12:51 PM, splat said:

You are right. I am too heavy for them.

I suppose that I was hoping that the MK4's would be a bit more robust as I was considering them for a gravel bike build with some Hope RS4 hubs.

They are no longer on my radar
 

There are quite a few rims I'd rather put on a gravel bike, if Crests aren't your cup of tea.

For one thing, many gravel bikes are more road focused, and you may want to use the 24h hubs that come with them. 
In this case, opt for the DT Swiss GR531 - heavier than the Crests but rock solid.

[Rapunzel]

Has anybody been riding the Crest mk4's long enough to comment on rigidity and durability?

My 11 month old rear mk3 is like spaghetti with 9 cracked nipples and need to decide if I should pay in for warranty replacement and upgrade (but will either have to replace front at full price or ride mis-matched wheels). 

[Stephan]

It's almost been a year on from the launch of the new rims.

Has anyone got some experience to say whether these new generations rims are better than the previous generation? Have they fixed the cracked nipple issue?

[Bondinator]

I've been running the MK4 crests for about 6 months and they seem to be holding up at the moment. All the sets of MK3 crest rims that I had started to crack on the rear by now. 

[EVOBIKES ONLINE STORE]

No problems or warranties reported so far from our customers...

[Stephan]

Good to know. Thanks. 

[nick_the_wheelbuilder]

On 5/30/2022 at 11:26 AM, Stephan said:

It's almost been a year on from the launch of the new rims.

Has anyone got some experience to say whether these new generations rims are better than the previous generation? Have they fixed the cracked nipple issue?

Not a single instance of a crack at the spoke holes, that I'm aware of, since the Mk4 range was launched.
Safe to say they've solved the problem.

Also, from my perspective, they're one of the only brands who have a healthy rim stock-holding in SA in all 3 versions (Crest, Arch & Flow) in 28 and 32h versions.

I'm busy with an article now explaining their rim range with specs, weights and recommended use cases.

Seriously one of the best alloy rim options on the market right now.

I'll post a link to the article here once I'm done writing it later today.

[nick_the_wheelbuilder]

Here's the link to that article:
https://wheelbuilder.co.za/mk4-rims/ 

...and some pics of wheels I've built using the Mk4 range.

 

[splat]

Nicely done. Those builds look great!

(Check your width on the Crest rims)

23 minutes ago, nick_the_wheelbuilder said:

Here's the link to that article:
https://wheelbuilder.co.za/mk4-rims/ 

 

 

[nick_the_wheelbuilder]

8 minutes ago, splat said:

Nicely done. Those builds look great!

(Check your width on the Crest rims)

 

Thanks for catching my typo!

[MORNE]

happy with the set of mk4 flow on my hardtail too. 

 

[26er]

Just an update,my Crest mk4’s have cracked , Submitting a warranty claim through LBS.

[Murrob]

23 minutes ago, 26er said:

Just an update,my Crest mk4’s have cracked , Submitting a warranty claim through LBS.

Can you share some pics?

[26er]

The wheel is at the bike shop,

I might be able to the pics from them.

They are thin cracks next to the nipples…

[BPC Bikes Parts Concept]

2 hours ago, 26er said:

The wheel is at the bike shop,

I might be able to the pics from them.

They are thin cracks next to the nipples…

Sounds familiar, have had that with Flows, and AMC wide lightning!

 

Do they look similar to these?