What wheels?
diy
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My wheels are starting to get pretty tired, the spokes are starting to fatigue and I have trued the rear so many times, its starting to get out of shape. I was looking at Hope 2 on DT EX5.1Ds, but I've heard they are a little soft.. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Full Sus Spesh Enduro, mostly off-road, XC and DH.
Budget is sub £300-350
Full Sus Spesh Enduro, mostly off-road, XC and DH.
Budget is sub £300-350
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Hope Hoops with Stans Flows rims.
http://www.lexs.co.uk/acatalog/Hope_Pro_2__Pair_.html2006 Giant XTC
2010 Giant Defy Advanced
2016 Boardman Pro 29er
2016 Pinnacle Lithium 4
2017 Canondale Supersix Evo0 -
I have the 5.1 hoops and they're fine. If I bought them again today I'd go for teh flows though for tubless ready goodness.Everything in moderation ... except beer
Beer in moderation ... is a waste of beer
If riding an XC race bike is like touching the trail,
then riding a rigid singlespeed is like licking it
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pro2 with your choice of stans rim.0
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diy wrote:My wheels are starting to get pretty tired, the spokes are starting to fatigue and I have trued the rear so many times, its starting to get out of shape. I was looking at Hope 2 on DT EX5.1Ds, but I've heard they are a little soft.. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Full Sus Spesh Enduro, mostly off-road, XC and DH.
Budget is sub £300-350
i dont think they are soft, ive landed on them from 6 or 7 foot up, the rear mech took out two spokes when i landed and the rim barely buckled.
if you are wandering whay happened, the local idiots hired to finish the table top jumps at Brechfa didnt finish the last jump properly and its about a metre and half too short-all i saw was the landing dissapearing behind me, then landed so hard i almost had whip lash-wasnt happy with that, especially as i was ridning with the track builder and he didnt warn me! :twisted:Dont look at it-ride it! they are tools not f*cking ornaments
my riding:
http://www.youtube.com/user/rhyspect
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halo freedom disc
you get said rim
halo spin doctor hub
4ed spokes
strong enough for freeride
light eought for xc0 -
I bought the Hope Pro2/5.1 hoops last year. Mainly ride black/red trail centre stuff up here in 7stanes land and not had any probs with them, plenty strong enough. But I wouldn't buy again for one small annoying reason......they are a real pain to get tyres on/off.vmgscot0
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definately not the 5.1s then - I like being able to get tyres on and off with my fingers - what are the stans like for fitting tyres. I sent back a set of DTs earlier this year cos I couldn't get the tyres on and off without steel levers.0
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Its more dependant on the tyre, the technique, and the temperature to be honest. But I didn't have any problems fitting tyres on my 355s.0
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What is the difference between the flows and the 355?0
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flows are wider and bit heavier0
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The max width tyre I can ever see me wanting is a 2.1, apart from my slicks I recon 1.5 is the min. So 355 are probably better for me?0
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The max width tyre I can ever see me wanting is a 2.1
Sounds like the 355s would be better then.0 -
+1for the rims, just got them in white with blue pro 2s for my pitch and they are so stiff and lights. Shame my tires weigh a hell of a lot more than the full wheelfourcrossjohn wrote:halo freedom disc
you get said rim
halo spin doctor hub
4ed spokes
strong enough for freeride
light eought for xc"Its all fun and games till someone gets hurt, then its hilarious"
Pitch Comp0 -
i'm getting them in white with white hubs and black spokes0
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Ive got the 355's on my I9's im happy with them tires just slip on and off, i havent needed to do anything to em in the past year.
But im just an XC whippet0 -
All this talk of wheels is getting me hugely excited, cannot wait for the spokes to arrive so i can build up my new wheels:
white dt XR4.2D rims, sapim cx-ray spokes, hope hubs (painted white)0 -
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/PriceDrop/12/-_-/5360038922/
very big discount, not sure if they are very good though, anyone else have any experience with them, or know anything about them?0 -
Is the tube built in? looks odd.Santa Cruz Chameleon
Orange Alpine 1600 -
Discontinued at Wiggle but also available at CRC for £760 a pair :shock: A hard plastic tube to eliminate pinch flats apparantly but the guy who reviewed them, gave them 2 stars, I bet he's gutted if he paid that price for them.
Vaaru Titanium Sram Red eTap
Moda Chord with drop bars and Rival shifters - winter/do it all bike
Orbea Rise0 -
YOU'VE BEEN SERIOUSLY MISINFORMED!
I've been spanking a set of Hope Pro 2's on DT 5.1D's for 3 years now...they've pulled me through some seriously bad landings without a whimper and they frequently get blasted through gnarly rock gardens and down some of the roughest hillsides u'v ever seen...defo not "soft" & I'm no flyweight!
The hubs are "future-proofed" & super reliable, although the freehub aint the quietest, but then it saves having a bell and/or sayn "'scuse me" 2 the wide people all the time!
Tyres are tight on and off, but not problematically so (couple of good non-metal levers do it everytime 4 me)...check ur technique!...or buy that nu Weldtite foolproof removal tool.
Tyres seat very well on the rims
You should also get a few extra decals, spare spokes & hub adaptors for Maxles
GET EM BOUGHT FELLA!"KEEP 'ER LIT N FILL YER BOOTS!"0
