MTB wheels- what will £80 get me?

erk

I have a Scott endorphin which I am refurbing- currently has old (2000/2001ish) XT hubs, and mavic x221 rims. Rims are worn to the point of almost wearing through, and hubs are very rough. In 9 years a lot has changed in the bike world, could I spend £80 and get a comparable (in weight and strength) set of wheels? I will be keeping the v brakes on this bike.

cat_with_no_tail

For the money, I'd be looking at Deore Wheelset from Merlin
or
475 hubs on WTB Dual Duty rims from Wooly Hat Shop

Both decent wheelsets within your budget.

erk

In the end I went for these from the woolyhatshop.com


http://www.woollyhatshop.com/view_product.php?id=2803


Won them through their ebay auction site for £68 delivered. I was seriously looking into buying the bits and building the wheels myself, but I couldn't buy the bits for the price I have paid. Will post on here and let people know how they are when they arrive.

cat_with_no_tail

that's an AWESOME price, good going.

allthegearnoidea

ive been using these and find they are great, take a lot of abuse as youd expect for a freeride set also i'm on or close to 100kg, dont freeride but do agressive xc etc.
down side is they are a tenner over your budget!
http://www.woollyhatshop.com/view_product.php?id=1336

cat_with_no_tail

I would have liked a set of those but they dont have a 20mm front hub, which I thought was kinda odd for FR wheels.

allthegearnoidea

Thats a good point! Although I run std qr's so ideal for me!