New wheels

rickythehat
rickythehat Posts: 6
edited September 2007 in MTB buying advice
Hi Everyone. I'm after some advice on some new wheels. My old ones are pretty heavy so i'm looking for a new set for mostly cross country and road use and i'd like something fairly light. I've got around £200 to blow on them.
Cheers

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  • WillGTJumper
    WillGTJumper Posts: 505
    That money couldn't get you Hope Pro's I dont think so you might have to get something like-

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=12406

    Not the lightest but you can afford them

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  • Red Panda
    Red Panda Posts: 269
    How about looking at the wheels on this link:

    http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/acatalog/Sale_Wheels.html

    Hope Pro 2's on Mavic rims look like an option for your budget :)
  • rickythehat
    rickythehat Posts: 6
    I'm liking the look of those hope pros on the mavic rims but i need to ask a no doubt silly question. Would i have to buy a separate cassette to go with these and which would be reccommended? Cheers
  • terra
    terra Posts: 32
    I think (although I could be wrong) only XT cassettes are recommended for Hope Pro2 hubs because the cassette has an alloy carrier. Apparently steel cassettes dig into the freehub body, causing little chips and gouges, eventually the cassette becomes impossible to remove from the hub.
  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    e aware that if you go for Hope Pro 2s you need to budget another £25 for the skewers.Choose balck rims and spokes and thats another £12.

    Have you looked at the XT/DT4.2 package for £125 on Merlin?

    Change left over to buy a lightwr Xt cassette,and new lighter tyres!
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  • Red Panda
    Red Panda Posts: 269
    The Spiderman wrote:
    e aware that if you go for Hope Pro 2s you need to budget another £25 for the skewers.Choose balck rims and spokes and thats another £12.

    Have you looked at the XT/DT4.2 package for £125 on Merlin?

    Change left over to buy a lightwr Xt cassette,and new lighter tyres!
    Sounds like an excellent plan to me, but how are DT4.2's different to XC717's? I've got 717's myself and wonder what the differences are.
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651
    Just ordered a set of XTR wheels from Merlin (on DT Swiss 4.2d)

    Aren't they a little lighter than 717s?

    Anyhoo, I just fancied a change from Mavic!

    All my wheels have been Mavic, good and all that but heard good things about DT
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651
    Correction

    Mavic 717s - 395g

    DT Swiss 4.2 - 400g
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    Yes but you will find the 4.2s a little stiffer than 717's.
    If those are the M975 hubs that is a damn nice wheelset :wink:
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651
    andrew156 wrote:
    Yes but you will find the 4.2s a little stiffer than 717's.
    If those are the M975 hubs that is a damn nice wheelset :wink:

    Oh yes, those are the ones! :wink:
  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    DT 4.2s are a little wider too,and will better support a 2.3 tyre.
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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    XTR on 717 with DT rev spokes!
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  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    supersonic wrote:
    XTR on 717 with DT rev spokes!

    Just costed them out as £242 on Merlin ,if you go for black disc rims and black spokes,too.Very tasty wheels for the money,and should be a very decent weight too.Almost tempted myself! 8)

    Of course, they are centrelock hubs so,unless you are already running Shimano centrelock discs you will need to budget for splined to 6 bolt adaptors too,which will be £20 or so.

    Bit over budget,but still good value.We are always good at spending other people's money,on this forum aren't we? :wink:
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  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651
    Very true....

    I ordered some M975 XTR center lock rotors (didn't go down the adapter route) to run with my Juicy Carbons - but they still worked out £18 each so the wheelbuild (from merlin) came to £244 + £36 = £280..... keeps getting more expensive.

    Was going to go originally with XC717s but fancied a little change.

    I won't be running large tyres at all on the 4.2's, looking for 2.1 largest but better still 2.0 if I can find anything suitable in that size....

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