Mavic 351

shanta
shanta Posts: 278
edited April 2009 in MTB workshop & tech
Are mavic 351 rims DH rims? and are they what they now call 721?

Also are DT Swiss XR1 wheels any good for XC.

Cheers

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    There isn't a 351 as far as I know.
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  • hucking_fell
    hucking_fell Posts: 1,056
    The old grey 321s became black 729s.
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  • shanta
    shanta Posts: 278
    Yeah they did, spoke to the guy in my LBS and he said they had changed it to something like 721..
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    nope the 721 was the 521
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  • Dirtydog11
    Dirtydog11 Posts: 1,621
    Hucking Fell wrote:
    The old grey 321s became black 729s.

    Just to confuse things the XM321's became EN321's.

    FYI.
    The last two figures on a mavic rim ie; the 21 in 321 refer to the internal width of the rim. So for example an XC717 will have an internal width of 17mm. A 321 will have an internal width of 21mm

    Not a lot of people know that.
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  • Dirtydog11
    Dirtydog11 Posts: 1,621
    shanta wrote:
    Are mavic 351 rims DH rims? and are they what they now call 721?

    Also are DT Swiss XR1 wheels any good for XC.

    Cheers

    There was a D521 downhill rim which has been replaced by the EX721
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  • shanta
    shanta Posts: 278
    Blimey..so what the hell is a 351??
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    shanta wrote:
    Blimey..so what the hell is a 351??

    either very very old or someone has done a typo.
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  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    So in that case whats a 521 rim then, is it pretty much like a DT 5.1D?
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    it is an OLD rim braked rim that was used for DH as it gave a better profile , for some people, than the Old D321
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  • Steve_b77
    Steve_b77 Posts: 1,680
    nicklouse wrote:
    it is an OLD rim braked rim that was used for DH as it gave a better profile , for some people, than the Old D321

    So THIS is a rim braked rim? Just wondering
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Steve_b77 wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    it is an OLD rim braked rim that was used for DH as it gave a better profile , for some people, than the Old D321

    So THIS is a rim braked rim? Just wondering

    NO that is the EN 521 Not the old 521 may have had a D in front showing it as a Downhill rim.
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