American Classics

welsh_wonder
welsh_wonder Posts: 152
edited November 2009 in MTB buying advice
Anyone used them? seems to be a good buy for £399 and a weight of 1520g perfect for my Scott and are flying off the shelves since eurobike started stocking them.

Any reason not to get them??

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    make sure they are the real ones.
    some were just cheap Taiwan wheels with the AC name on them, this was when the real ones were not imported to the UK.
    Otherwise they are ok.
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  • welsh_wonder
    welsh_wonder Posts: 152
    Cheers Nick, im going to get them from eurobike themselves so im pretty safe i would think.
  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    welsh wonder what Scott are you thinking of putting them on? i was thinking of them for my spark :D
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  • welsh_wonder
    welsh_wonder Posts: 152
    My custom built Scott Spark 20 mate. American bike and American Wheels seem to be a good combo :D
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    I know a guy who runs them and says they're amazing.
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  • gaanrowl
    gaanrowl Posts: 326
    the all mountain ones are at the top of my wish list, i will save enough pennies eventually. :x :x :x
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  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    just been looking at them, which one's would be best suited to the spark?
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  • welsh_wonder
    welsh_wonder Posts: 152
    Iv gone for these

    http://www.eurobike.uk.com/details.aspx?p=132
  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    yes they are the ones i was thinking of, i think they must have changed the colour's for 2010, because i seem to remember when they first came out that the rims were mainly white with red and black logo's.

    still very nice wheels though 8) best get saving :lol:
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  • welsh_wonder
    welsh_wonder Posts: 152
    They have 2 colours, Black for £399 and the White ones for £449. For 2010 they have an all tubeless Wheels and are lighter but not seen them yet.
  • andy46
    andy46 Posts: 1,666
    yes i just had another look and they are the ones, i can't beleive the price increase just because of the colour :(
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  • Salsa
    Salsa Posts: 753
    If I was spending that money on a light wheelset I'd take the well proven DT240s that are on offer at Merlin. It will be worth e-mailing them to confirm the weight but I'd expect them to be close to the AC wheelsets weight.
    I have a pair of 240's built into a 1500g wheelset & they are without doubt the best hubs I've ever had, made even better if you get the new 36 point star ratchet upgrade for £30 on import.
    http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/mountain- ... offer.html

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