Another new wheels thread...

broona

Got about £250 to spend on a new set of XC/AM wheels for my Boardman, according to the spec it's 15mm axle front/12mm axle rear - http://www.boardmanbikes.com/mtb/fs_pro.html

It's currently got a set of XM317's on which seem decent, but I'd like some better hubs, and hopefully something a little lighter overall, any recommendations please?

felix.london

You can get Stan's Arch EX on Switch Evo's for £250ish

You can also get Stan's Crests on the same hubs for £200


http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=496

supersonic

Weigh the wheels if you can - might be lighter than you think.

broona

Thanks for the replies, I was looking at the Crest's on Superstar, but was a little worried that Stan's website shows them as unsuitable for AM use - http://www.notubes.com/ZTR-Rims-C18.aspx

Supersonic, not TOO bothered about weight loss, just have an extra £250 of disposable income this month, and thought I'd use it to treat the bike, lol!

felix.london

broona wrote:

Thanks for the replies, I was looking at the Crest's on Superstar, but was a little worried that Stan's website shows them as unsuitable for AM use - http://www.notubes.com/ZTR-Rims-C18.aspx

Supersonic, not TOO bothered about weight loss, just have an extra £250 of disposable income this month, and thought I'd use it to treat the bike, lol!

Then go for the Arch EX - rated as an AM wheel and heavier...win-win

broona

felix.london wrote:

broona wrote:

Thanks for the replies, I was looking at the Crest's on Superstar, but was a little worried that Stan's website shows them as unsuitable for AM use - http://www.notubes.com/ZTR-Rims-C18.aspx

Supersonic, not TOO bothered about weight loss, just have an extra £250 of disposable income this month, and thought I'd use it to treat the bike, lol!

Then go for the Arch EX - rated as an AM wheel and heavier...win-win

But they're an extra eighty quid on Superstar over the Crests, and I'm tight, ha ha!

The Northern Monkey

The standard wheels are very good... Why change? What's your reason apart from just having cash?

Chunkers1980

You're tight yet you want to spank £250 on some wheels. Doesn't compute, what he said^^^^

broona

OK, not tight, more sensible, got the spare cash, but would rather spend as little of it as possible.

Would the Crests be much weaker than the Arches? Probably 80% of my riding's XC and trail centre's, the other 20% being rougher stuff.

As for changing, just fancy treating my bike as I've got some spare cash, and thought some wheels would be ideal.

Chunkers1980

I've got some Olympics, ride pretty much what you do and they are holding up just fine.

broona

Chunkers1980 wrote:

I've got some Olympics, ride pretty much what you do and they are holding up just fine.

Are the Olympics an older version of the Crests?

Think I might just go with the Crests and keep my current wheels as spares.