Mavic XM719 a good choice?

Johnny Napalm

Hi.

It's as I feared, my rear wheel will never be the same again. The rim has a ripple in it, which will never be completely removed. It can be trued to be relatively straight, but basically the rim will never be exactly how it was. I suppose I can use it as a spare when necessary.

I have been considering a new rear wheel, and I've recently bought a new crankset and cassette, which I've both yet to fit, so I figure I may as well stick the new cassette on a new wheel. I try to do a bit of everything with regards to riding...AM, if you will, so something relatively light, but strong, would be ideal.

I've been looking at the 'Mavic XM719' rim with 'Hope Pro II' hubs. Would this be a good, all-round rim? It appears to be fairly light, and also strong to boot.

supersonic

Good middle of the road rim.

But for a few extra grams, and more width, the EN521 is worth a look.

Is the cassette Hope safe?

Johnny Napalm

Hi, Super.

Thanks, mate.

The cassette is 'XT 770', will that be a problem?

supersonic

Nah, that's fine.

Johnny Napalm

Cheers, mate!

spongtastic

719's are fine, jumped a ditch going from road to track downhill at 38mph this morning. no buckle, straight and true.

realnumber 1

My Merlin built 719's have have been faultless. They've taken loads of abuse for over a year now and there still true and unbuckled. Very strong for the weight. Kind of wish I'd gone for a Pro 2 hub (with cartridge bearings) instead of XT now though as cone/cup seems to have pitted now so not as smooth as it should be .

Johnny Napalm

Would you go with Merlin...or CRC? Would I notice a difference in build?

realnumber 1

Personally Merlin. Never heard a bad thing about there wheels but read mixed reviews from CR.

stayhigh65

I have a set of XM719's on XT hubs, have had them bout 18 months now with no buckling or other such nastiness. My only grumble is the faffing about involved with keeping the XT hubs running smooth, a complaint of many, as they have a tendancy of developing play. The free hub body on mine came loose after about 4 months which was duly replaced by Merlin who built them with no quibbles.