Mavic Crossrides OR Superstar Tech 2 XC's???????

JAKBLADE

If it was your money and you had to choose which of these wheels to buy, what would your choice be????????????????

blister pus

Crossrides, great value, bit of a benchmark, look great and vast majority of folk rate them highly

Mancunianfightingcat

Crossrides are great vfm. I had a pair on my Kinesis Maxlight. I changed the QRs though as I think the standard ones are made of lead!

Never tried the Superstars, but I'm considering a pair of the SuperLeggeras for my Marin.

bobinho

Crossrides,had a pair on my inbred for the past 8 months
and they've performed flawlessly

cat_with_no_tail

well, when I had crossrides they were very good.
BUT, when I needed a replacement part, it took Mavic AGES to get it sent out, then they charged truly STUPID money for it. This has put me right off using them again.
Superstar have always delivered great quality stuff at brilliant VFM with great support if it's ever needed.
For that reason, I'd give the Tech 2s a try

jay12

i agree with CWNT. replacing broken spokes on mavic wheels costs more than normal ones and IIRC you can only get them directly from mavic.

you could also get custom built wheels from CRC. like xt hubs on mavic rims with dt swiss spokes will cost about the same as the crossrides or superstar

supersonic

Yeah, I'd be tempted by custom - SLX or XT hubs on 317/717 rims with ACI DB spokes.

JAKBLADE

Cheers for the info. Superstars are only £100 at mo and i can't get a set of custom rims less than that,surely?????

peter413

You could but they would be absolute crap!!!

Just go and get the superstars while they are still really cheap

supersonic

Erm, you can.

Merlin: Deore Hubs, XM717 rims and ACI double butted spokes for £93. Hand built. Upgrade the rear to XT and just £106

JAKBLADE

Either I'm going blind or you must be looking at different Merlin to me Sonic 'cos I can't get any 717 rims, deore,xt hub combo for less than £150......Puzzled I am!!!!!!!!

Da Mighty Chicken

Handbuilt Wheels -
Rear Disc Spoke Upgrades: ACI S/S DB
Rim Upgrades: XC717 Black Disc
Hub Upgrades: XT 6 Bolt Disc
Pro 11 Hub Colour: Black

£80.00 Remove

Handbuilt Wheels -
Front Disc Pro 11 Hub Colour: Black
Hub Upgrades: Deore 6 Bolt Disc
Rim Upgrades: XC717 Black Disc
Spoke Upgrades: ACI S/S DB

£60.00 Remove

Sub-total £: 140.00

Delivery £: 6.50

Total £: 146.50

supersonic

Sorry, typo, XM317 rims which are pretty good!