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I have a set of custom built 27.5 wheels (LB 35mm AM/DH lay-up frt/rr, Hadley
hubs, Sapim race spokes) that will be three years old in March. I weigh 215
lbs and they are aboard a Banshee Rune V2. I ride 2-4X a week with the grace
of an angry bear. In that time span, I have not had a single flat, crack in
the rims, burp, only a single broken spoke (tree branch) and they've never
gone out true. This seems very improbable considering my aforementioned
traits. The wheelset weighs in a reasonable, but not light 1820g. They've felt
great and maintained all the nice characterizations that get riders excited
about carbon wheelsets (stiff, fast acceleration, great tire profile,
resilient). Cost-wise they are nearly impossible to beat and I know many
riders that spent far more than I whose wheels did not hold up. No one has
provided me a reason as to why I should run anything else.
Jan. 17, 2017, 7:26 a.m. - Raymond Epstein
#!markdown I have a set of custom built 27.5 wheels (LB 35mm AM/DH lay-up frt/rr, Hadley hubs, Sapim race spokes) that will be three years old in March. I weigh 215 lbs and they are aboard a Banshee Rune V2. I ride 2-4X a week with the grace of an angry bear. In that time span, I have not had a single flat, crack in the rims, burp, only a single broken spoke (tree branch) and they've never gone out true. This seems very improbable considering my aforementioned traits. The wheelset weighs in a reasonable, but not light 1820g. They've felt great and maintained all the nice characterizations that get riders excited about carbon wheelsets (stiff, fast acceleration, great tire profile, resilient). Cost-wise they are nearly impossible to beat and I know many riders that spent far more than I whose wheels did not hold up. No one has provided me a reason as to why I should run anything else.