DH wheels

rockmonkeysc

I need a set of DH wheels for my Reign X. They need to be fairly strong as I am a bit tubby & ride fairly hard and I have a max budget of £250.
Needs to be 20mm maxle front & 12mm bolt thru rear.
So far I can't find anything to come close to Superstar for value & they get great reviews. Top choices so far are
Black Stans Flows on red Switch Evo hubs £220
Black Mavic EX721 on red Switch Evo hubs £219
Black Superstar DHX on black Switch Evo hubs £130 (amazing value & I can spend the change on new mech & shifters)
Superstar DH595 in black with red hubs & white spokes £204 (the tarty option)

Is there anything else I should look at? Which one of these would be the best choice?

delcol

unless you can find a deal somewere super star is proably your best bet, dh wheels well any decent wheels set aint cheap now adays.

Pudseyp

Can you stretch to £299 ? if so you may want to consider these

http://www.discountcyclesdirect.co.uk/p ... s_id=11270

nicklouse

12mm rear what width is that? 135 or 150 or 142?

rockmonkeysc

135

Northwind

Flows aren't really a downhill rim- they're strong enough to win a world cup mind and I use them on my dh bike, but then I weigh nowt and I ride like a girl. A bit of insurance might be called for (there's a difference between tough and strong)

Having seen how variable the Superstar wheel builds are I'd approach with caution... If you get a good one, they're very good. If you don't, they're very not good.

Pudseyp

Halo Freedom Disc may be worth a look, a decent robust FR wheel so can't see why they wouldn't withstand DH abuse...the spindoctor hubs are decent too....I had them on my Meta 6 and used them lots at the Cwm Carn DH.

rockmonkeysc

I have ordered a set of Mavic EX721's on Superstar switch evo hubs. I will have a good check of spoke tension after the first ride & the next five or six after that just in case the build is dodgy. Superstars service has been great when I have had problems in the past (my mistakes when ordering) so I'm sure they will sort any problems.