Fulcrum Combo
DCR00
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Morning all
Looking to change up the wheels on the ‘Hopper in the next couple of weeks. Pretty much sold on some Fulcrum wheels (Red Metal 3/5).
At the weekend i found another broken spoke in my rear wheel – 2nd in about 6 weeks. Most of my riding is done on flat trail. Am quite a heavy rider (around 15.5 stone), so am thinking that i need a pretty solid rear wheel.
Was thinking that i could mix and match my wheels, going for Red Metal 3 up front and then Red Zone at the back (have found two people selling separate wheels).
Since Red Zone are Enduro/FR is figured they would be stronger than the Red Metal 3’s ? is that the case, or is there little diff ?
The weight differential is marginal – 940g for RM3 and 980g for RZ
What do you think ?
Cheers
DCR
Looking to change up the wheels on the ‘Hopper in the next couple of weeks. Pretty much sold on some Fulcrum wheels (Red Metal 3/5).
At the weekend i found another broken spoke in my rear wheel – 2nd in about 6 weeks. Most of my riding is done on flat trail. Am quite a heavy rider (around 15.5 stone), so am thinking that i need a pretty solid rear wheel.
Was thinking that i could mix and match my wheels, going for Red Metal 3 up front and then Red Zone at the back (have found two people selling separate wheels).
Since Red Zone are Enduro/FR is figured they would be stronger than the Red Metal 3’s ? is that the case, or is there little diff ?
The weight differential is marginal – 940g for RM3 and 980g for RZ
What do you think ?
Cheers
DCR
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No experience of the RZ but I have used RM3s in the past. I'm not the skinniest racing snake out there (13.5 stone) but for the two years I was using them they stayed true and needed very little hub maintenance.
And they put up with a lot of riding on Dartmoor including through the winter.
Fulcrum make great wheels that haven't really caught on in the MTB world yet.0 -
I'v just ordered a set or Red Metal 5's. Got Evans to price match On-One as the On-One version was splined and needed the 6bolt rotor version. Delivered to my door for £99.99, well should be here by the end of the week
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