Wheel upgrade .

KonaMike
KonaMike Posts: 805
edited March 2008 in MTB buying advice
I have an 07 Carrera Fury which I am trying to lighten up a bit,Ive replaced the bars,stem and seatpost already and have started to look at replacing the standard heavy-ish wheelset as I think this is where most of the excess weight is (other than the fork).

Any recommendation for a reasonably priced wheelset(£150ish),that is light but will take the mild abuse of the Rocky/Rooty sections of my local trailcentre(Cwmcarn) ??

Cheers

Mike

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    XT hubs on 717 rims (or 719 if you are heavy), handbuilt, with a pair of good light kevlar tyres with the change.
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  • KonaMike
    KonaMike Posts: 805
    Cheers Sonic,I was looking at Mavics on the Merlin website earlier and was amazed at how cheap their wheel builds are.As soon as I get payed im ordering a set of 717 as im only 11 stone so weight is not an issue.
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    With a good choice of tyres, I reckon you will lose a pound from each wheel. Have a look at the Continental Speed King folding.
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  • KonaMike
    KonaMike Posts: 805
    supersonic wrote:
    With a good choice of tyres, I reckon you will lose a pound from each wheel. Have a look at the Continental Speed King folding.

    Thats a good weight saving for the cash ! I will look at Speed Kings as I currently have Conti Gravity tyres that came with the bike which aren't the best.
  • KonaMike
    KonaMike Posts: 805
    Ive been offered a set of Dt Swiss E540 wheels which I know are not the lightest around but I checked on the Bike radar review and the weight of the standard wheels with tyres on my Fury is :

    Front 2.3KG

    Rear 2.96KG

    So I would still make a big weight saving with some lighter tyres thrown in.
    Anyone got or used these E540 rims ?
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Yoo burly for that bike IMHO - 540g for a rim, compared to about 400g for the 717.

    Those spec wheels are very heavy on the fury. An XT hub on 717 is under 1000g - add a 550g tyre, 150g tube and 80g skewer and there is over a pound saving straight away.
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  • KonaMike
    KonaMike Posts: 805
    I will stick to the origional plan then 717's it is ! I cant believe the weight of the Fury's standard wheels !!

    Thanks again Sonic.


    Mike
  • Chaka Ping
    Chaka Ping Posts: 1,451
    I'd like to reinforce the importance of light tyres.

    I got a set of 717s on XT hubs from Merlin and was intiially disappointed with them (partially due to coming from a set of Crossmax, admittedly).

    But I've finally got round to switching the front tyre from a wire-beaded Velociraptor to a folding Nobby Nic - and it's made a vast difference.

    Much lighter, faster and even easier to pop the front wheel over obstacles too.

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