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Submitted by
Rickyrat
a Weekend Warrior
from Ashland OR U.S.A.
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2008 | | Favorite Trail: | That one with the dirt that goes downhill | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$25.00 | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | inexpensive, double walled, look fairly cool and I needed a cheap rim and disc hub when my wallet went dry | | Weaknesses: | mostly those people that dont know how to build a wheel or keep them true bad mouthing everything that they break | | Similar Products Used: | mavics araya rm20's (remember those)? sun, wtb, schwinn, various no name taiwan and chineese products | | Bike Setup: | 2000 XCR 4000 GT I drive, bombers in front, fox vanilla in back,truvative stylo gxp cranks, juicy seven 203mm front, Hayes HFX 9 160mm rear , wtb on a lx infront Zac 19 on a lx rear( mavics were non disc hubs and didnt want to tear them down) lx shifters and deraillures | | Bottom Line: | keep your spokes properly tensioned and your wheels true and you have no worries. I might be a weekend warrior but I have been bashing up 2 wheelers since the sixties and have broken every part on a bike at one time or another, even snapped a bottom bracket axel once! I have been building wheels since the earlie eighties and I cant stand to have my rims even half a mm out of true. if you wreck theese rims then you might want to buy a book on wheel building and find out what you or your favorite tech is doing wrong, back in the stone age we rode single walled steel rims on bikes with no suspension and hardly any brakes, catching six feet of air on our schwinn 'rays and landing on the pavement and didn't have the problems you pacified whiners are sniveling about! theese "XC" rims hold up to my 225lb arse through all of my weekend dirt wars and abuse just as well as my top dollar mavics no complaints here! but I held back one chillie cause they dont glow in the dark | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Weekend Warrior
from Berlin, CT
Date Reviewed: May 16, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Purchased At: | Suburban Bike, CT | | Strengths: | Strong enough to handle 2 years of big time punishment on rocky CT trails, stays relatively true, great stock rim | | Weaknesses: | Mine came with a generic rear hub that for 2 years took the abuse, now I get a bad clicking sound from the cassette hub body that is not servicable. Otherwise no complaints | | Bike Setup: | Raleigh M50 DX, Deore drivetrain, Hayes disc brakes, Marzocci Bomber suspension fork | | Bottom Line: | The rim is great for it's price and level of quality. Mine has reinforced eyelets so it has really held up to the abuse better than ZAC-19s without reinforced eyelets. I fell on a winter ride and landed with all my weight on the back rim and bent it sideways, had it trued and it kept on trucking like nothing happened to it. Used it for 2 foot drops and it handled the drops easily, those who have killed it are probably too heavy or don't know how to land gracefully. Once again, some come with generic hubs, however the rim has been dependable enough that I installed Deore rear hub and restrung it rather than getting a new rim. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike Bryant
a Cross Country Rider
from Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
Date Reviewed: October 19, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | My local woods | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$135.00 | | Purchased At: | Came on bike | | Strengths: | Err... they're round... haven't had to be trued yet i'll say that much! Good for factory fitted. Have covered 1070 miles and no probs. | | Weaknesses: | Heavy, thin (try running a 2.2) though you do get a nice round profile... went on the website and they say 1.95 MAX. Can't see them doing much more than XC. | | Similar Products Used: | 24/7 White Stars | | Bike Setup: | Shogun Curfew with not many factory parts left. | | Bottom Line: | Not the best rims on earth, but good enough. | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
richard
a Weekend Warrior
from oregon
Date Reviewed: September 23, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$40.00 | | Strengths: | Price | | Weaknesses: | None to date | | Similar Products Used: | Sun rhynolite | | Bike Setup: | Cook Bros cruiser set up fot MTB all CBR components | | Bottom Line: | For the money AND type of use they are an excellent value. Those of you with hardcore DH DS bikes shouldn't be a cheapskate step up and buy a set of highend superduty rims. For the basic rider excellent value | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Downhiller
from tulsa
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | It hasn't croaked yet. Getting ready to upgrade to there doublewalls. will post a review soon. | | Weaknesses: | they are kinda ugly. | | Similar Products Used: | cheaper azonics or rhyno lites | | Bottom Line: | Hey...they are still going after 4 years of abuse on fast single tracks and drops around 5 ft. For a stock rim they kick some major A$$! I'm giving them 5 flaming turds for durability. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
David
a Downhiller
from tulsa
Date Reviewed: May 10, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | It hasn't croaked yet. Getting ready to upgrade to there doublewalls. will post a review soon. | | Weaknesses: | they are kinda ugly. | | Similar Products Used: | cheaper azonics or rhyno lites | | Bottom Line: | Hey...they are still going after 4 years of abuse on fast single tracks and drops around 5 ft. For a stock rim they kick some major A$$! I'm giving them 5 flaming turds for durability. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Corstian Devos
a Cross Country Rider
from Philadelphia, PA
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | anytrail is a good trail | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Re-My Sports, Streetsville, ON, Canada | | Strengths: | Takes a beating and keeps on rolling. These came stock 4 broken frames ago on my 1st Giant Warp DS-1 frame. Almost tacoed the front rim on a poorly executed drop and turn and it was salvaged by the late great Renzo at Re-My Sports (RIP). That rim is still on the front of my bike. I'm an agressive rider and at 6' 3", 230-240 lbs I lay a beating on these rims. In six years and four broken frames they haven't let me down. When I replaced my rear hub last year the rear rim was in great shape. Re-lacing it and aligning it was less than and hour's work. | | Weaknesses: | None I am aware of though folks below think differently. | | Similar Products Used: | Came stock on my first MTB frame and have never had a need to use anything else. | | Bike Setup: | Giant AC-1 frame. Old original Judy XC front fork off my old Warp DS-1 (I broke 4 frames but the fork has survived) with heavy duty springs. (I weigh 230-240 lbs) XT all around the drive train. Sachs 40 chain. Original aluminum Avid Rollamajig (no chunky plastic crap). Hayes mechanical MX-2 disc brakes with Avid 5.0 Speed Dial levers. 6" front rotor (warranty is my friend) and 8" rear rotor. Avid Flak Jacket cable system. Oury DH grips which work nice for my big hands. Fizik (Giro) Atlas seat. SH 858 pedals (they work for me). Blackspire Big Ring Protector. Conti Twister Pro on the front and WTB Tyranno Raptor paddled for traction on the back. Bike built for punishment not beauty!!! | | Bottom Line: | These rims work. They will take a beating. From what I read below, a few people weren't paying attention in physics class or don't fully understand gravity. In combination with thick rubber and beefy spoke sets these rims should survive. One poorly executed landing with a point stress deforming the rim isn't the rim's fault. Put some thick rubber around your rim and learn to land light. If you blow your landing and trash your rim don't blame the rim!!!
I'm giving these the highest value rating because they have lasted on 5 frames. Overall I'm giving it a 4 only because there are better rims out there.... I just don't need them or want them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nick N
a Cross Country Rider
from Chino Hills, CA
Date Reviewed: March 3, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | One with a "no trespassing" sign | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came with the Frame! | | Strengths: | For being stock rims, I've never had better rims, the hub sucked a little on the rear. Other than that, totally bomb-proof rim, and I've taken some serious drops for xc(no free-ride) and had them survive. If you are flattening your rim on 2 foot drops landing straight, pump your tires to the right level. The days of tires needing to be flat for grip are over. Entry level panaracers work the best pumped up. A tire should go before you kill a rim. | | Weaknesses: | Maybe weight, but seriously if you are worried about weight with a bike that comes with these rims stock, Invest another 500 in a lighter bike that comes with better rims. | | Similar Products Used: | Specialized, Ritchey. The specialized ritchey rims were lighter and the hubs better, but they went out of true a lot quicker than these rims did. | | Bike Setup: | They came on a Giant Raineir. Everything decently average and heavy. | | Bottom Line: | If you are a weekend warrior and just looking for something that will last you forever, go for these rims. For the price you can probably pick these up, you can't beat it. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Dewhurst
a Weekend Warrior
from Bunbury, WA, Australia
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | one that you can ride a bike on, with no hikers | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | don't care what anyone says, STRENGTH | | Weaknesses: | weight, rim tape | | Similar Products Used: | generic POS rims, alex x2100 | | Bike Setup: | rock machine thunder (AUS) with manitou trace comp and hayes mx2 | | Bottom Line: | strong, invincible even. no noticable flex. I couldn't believe these rims were as strong as they were. I was riding home from a trail and was 5 ks out and i flatted, as my tube exploded and broke in half. I wasn't going to walk it as it was my c*** bike, so i rode 5 ks on the tyre, no air (stupid, yes, but necessary) I got home, expected it to be bent to s***, but it remained perfectly straight, i even bunny hopped a couple of times so i could true them but no need, they were straight. I might have got a good set but don't underestimate these | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John Dewhurst
a Weekend Warrior
from Bunbury, WA, Australia
Date Reviewed: January 20, 2006 | | Favorite Trail: | one that you can ride a bike on, with no hikers | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | don't care what anyone says, STRENGTH | | Weaknesses: | weight, rim tape | | Similar Products Used: | generic POS rims, alex x2100 | | Bike Setup: | rock machine thunder (AUS) with manitou trace comp and hayes mx2 | | Bottom Line: | strong, invincible even. no noticable flex. I couldn't believe these rims were as strong as they were. I was riding home from a trail and was 5 ks out and i flatted, as my tube exploded and broke in half. I wasn't going to walk it as it was my c*** bike, so i rode 5 ks on the tyre, no air (stupid, yes, but necessary) I got home, expected it to be bent to s***, but it remained perfectly straight, i even bunny hopped a couple of times so i could true them but no need, they were straight. I might have got a good set but don't underestimate these | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
John
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 8, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Bike Shop in Scarborough (on Kennedy Rd. just south of Huntingwood Dr. - rim on rear wheel) | | Strengths: | Inexpensive, does a very good job on city streets and bike paths and can handle light off-roading. | | Weaknesses: | Had to be trued 2x in 2 years, the rim it replaces was trued 2x in 9 years. Still no eyelet reinforcement at this price point. | | Similar Products Used: | Rolf Dolomite Disk, Mavic M-238. | | Bike Setup: | 2001 Trek Fuel 90 Disk, 1996 GT Ricochet. | | Bottom Line: | A good inexpensive replacement but of lower quality to the stock Mavic M-238 rims.
Bottom Line: A good entry level rim for off-roading, but that's not it's strongsuit. Ideal for commuting provided your not a heavy rider or treat them roughly. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jeff
a
from Perth Western Australia
Date Reviewed: April 19, 2005 | | Favorite Trail: | john forrest | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | Guildford cycles | | Strengths: | Not too flexy, handles weight over trails, rocks ect | | Weaknesses: | None yet | | Similar Products Used: | Giant stuff | | Bike Setup: | Haro V3 (Aus mod) tectro disk, avid sd5 levers, RST gila t5(my marzzochi cant get here quick enough!) LX rear d, UFO stem, Sella san marco seat, Giant alloy bars and black widow lte pedals and Zac 19 rims | | Bottom Line: | These are xc rims! anyone fool enough to bash curbs @ 25 or do 6ft jumps deserves the pain that will follow. I'm enormous and I weigh a lot. I ride trail through washouts and firetrails as well as more regular xc trails and these rims have not let me down, h*ll, I even get (a little) air from time to time and still no taco or flat spots. Perhaps some guys dont know how to go smoooooth. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jacques Velodoud
a Racer
from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 7, 2005 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$20.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Bike Collective | | Strengths: | Cheap
Double Walled
Single Eyelets
Silver | | Weaknesses: | Someone probably makes stronger low end rim,
but I'd be willing to guess you won't pay less. | | Similar Products Used: | Lots of other low end double walled rims. | | Bike Setup: | Lace them myself, 3x, 26"/559s 36h single eyelet on old school Exage hubs, ride them on old steel hard tail. Also have some 700c's. | | Bottom Line: | Reading a lot of these reviews, I get the impression that alot of the other reviewers are children or fools (6' drops on stock wheels?) or incapable of building a wheel properly.
Weighing in at over 250 lbs, I've beaten the hell out of a few sets of these rims during summer and winter riding.
Granted, I'm not expecting any $20-ish rim to take a 2' drop, but to hear 120 lbers complain that the rims suck, I can only imagine they had unrealistic expectations and/or stock or poorly laced wheels. If any wheel becomes untrue after 5 trips around the block, it was build badly and it's not a rim's fault.
In the $20-30 dollar/rim category, I certainly have got what I paid for and I even buy them again for rebuilds.
Overall, a rim that I can ride hard on and off road which I don't really care about trashing by accident with some occassional fun/stupidity.
Great rims for the price. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
ted
a Weekend Warrior
from PG, BC
Date Reviewed: December 13, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | ez to fix | | Weaknesses: | everything else | | Similar Products Used: | mavs, suns, wienmann, bont...etc... | | Bike Setup: | spec. HR w/ boxers. discs, xt. etc. | | Bottom Line: | these rims are good for light XC and dirt roads, not anything urban. like the guy below, mine got a big flat after landing a 5-6ft jump on pvmt. and i only weigh 140# like the guy below, i agree these things don't belong anywhere near a ramp or park. heck, i'd only recommend them if you never jump or if you only use them to commute. bought new bike, now w/d521's, no problems with these. will give them 4 for value, i figure if you buy these retail, rather than on a bike, they'll sell you them for nuthin bcause they are soft, not strong.
and if you have a pair and breakthem (which you will), don't replace with same thing. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
sam
a Weekend Warrior
from perth, western australia
Date Reviewed: October 21, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | mundaring/john forrest | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Strengths: | light | | Weaknesses: | weak as | | Similar Products Used: | sun mammoth, alex rims, bully rims | | Bike Setup: | avanti montari + sun mammoth rims + truvativ hussefelt dh crank + gigapipe dh bb | | Bottom Line: | these rims came as standard on my new bike. they seemed good at first - real light. took them to the skate park after a week and got a massive flat spot after a hard landing. wasnt even that hard. im pretty heavy - 95kg (190pounds) but the rim was ruined. probably good for xc or light riding - especially road, however dont recommend for harder riding or heavier riding | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
joel
a
from fribourg, switzerland
Date Reviewed: October 6, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | porte-du-soleil, switzerland | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | mahu bike and sport shop plaffeien | | Strengths: | Actually not that bad on like 2 foot jumps and CHEAP | | Weaknesses: | paint gets scratched easily, have to tighten the spokes the whole time | | Bike Setup: | Scott yz4 frame with LX components, judy t2 fork, scott/maxxis tires | | Bottom Line: | I've been using these rims for a while and i actually use them alot. I really like it that if you tighten the spokes the whole time i just can't break them. I noticed that the paint comes off easily if a rock hit's it at all. I personnaly think these rims are stabil enough for my quite aggressive riding style. I'm only twelve but i can already do 3 or 4 foot drops and these rims have held fine with me. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brandon
a
from Sammamish, WA, USA
Date Reviewed: August 22, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Strengths: | None | | Weaknesses: | Just go to the bottom line | | Bottom Line: | I got these rims on a bike I bought from Giant in 2000, within the first month the rim had been dented, and had flat spots. When I would ride my friends could see how badly the rim was messed up. I ride harder than the average person but only weighting 150 pounds I am not a heavy person. I am now in the market for new rims as I fully cracked my rear rim while riding in Oregon a week ago. Do not buy these rims. They suck and will fail you. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Joe
a Weekend Warrior
from Detroit, home of a couple bands
Date Reviewed: June 18, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$80.00 | | Purchased At: | eDiscountbike.com | | Strengths: | Price, CNCd sidewalls, black finish | | Weaknesses: | Not as sexy as Mavic or other high-end rims out there | | Similar Products Used: | OEM stuff from Taiwan | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Diablo, XT drivetrain, Black Elite, Easton EA70 stem+post, Avid Arch Rival | | Bottom Line: | First things first, would you enter your Honda CRV or Ford Explorer into a Monster Truck Rally or offroad race?
I didn't think so.
Downhillers and Urban Assault cyclists should not be on this rim!
I have used this rim on my Jamis Diablo for XC riding and it has performed very well. As a matter of fact, I liked them so much for the money that I got a pair for my Girlfriend and they've done well too. I have yet to have them re-trued! This rim is solid. The finish is nice, so is the machined braking surface. I use a disc in front and an Avid Arch Rival in back and these rims have been great.
If you're dropping 5 footers or building these into a wheelset yourself, but improperly, most XC rims will fail!
If you're riding cross country, these will serve you well, especially for the price. If you can afford to go with a Sun or Mavic rim then more power to you, but I have to say that I'm very happy with these. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
jp
a Weekend Warrior
from Oklahoma
Date Reviewed: May 7, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Looks cool, like everyone else said! | | Weaknesses: | They are a little light in the pants. | | Similar Products Used: | Had the same before. If you never have anything else, you dont know what your missing. | | Bike Setup: | Specialized RH, Judy skock,& Deore | | Bottom Line: | I bought this bike when I lived in Colorado. I took it down Vail ski slope a couple of times, and rode the s--- out of it. Never had a problem there. When I moved back to OK, I rode on the roads mostly. Now, I only weigh 170, but within a month that back wheel was a mess. I had it trued but it was never the same. I finally put that wheel to rest the other day. I hit a curb that I usually hop, going about 25. Well, I must admit, that wheel suprised me. Only one side barely bent, and it flattened the wheel just in that one spot, between two spokes. You must admit alot of wheel would have been crushed. The next day, not knowing that these wheels are "junk", I went and bought another zac 19 to replace it. I rode it to class and back (6 miles) and it's allready out of true. I don't know if I got lucky with the first set, but I will not purchase any more. After reading others comments about the wheels easily becoming untrue, I am not that happy about my purchase. I think your better off spending a little more and getting something better. They are allright for light riding, but if sharp rocks, logs and curbs are in your path, you better get something else. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
nate ludwig
a Cross Country Rider
from Houston,TX
Date Reviewed: April 27, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | hershey | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | ediscountbikes | | Strengths: | NONE, These wheels suck total crap | | Weaknesses: | UHHHH....Where do i start! | | Similar Products Used: | Paper Wheels | | Bike Setup: | Haro V,Judy fork,Avid disc,Race Face crank,Ryno Light rims on deore disc hubs | | Bottom Line: | These rims are horrible and no one should buy them unless you way 1 pound and ride on the street the whole time but stay away from curbs, I rode on these things once after i got them and they already started to wobble and spokes had come loose, and yes after i received them i had them trued before the first ride at a local bike shop. BOTTOM LINE THEY ARE BETTER SCRAP METAL THEN RIMS. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian
a Cross Country Rider
from State College, PA
Date Reviewed: April 12, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$30.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Weak, easy to dent | | Bottom Line: | My rear wheel has had this rim on it for a few months and i do mainly riding around campus with the occasional easy to moderate trail riding. i took it to a tough rocky area for a few days of long rides and it got horribly out of true and dented a few times from some not too hard rock hits.
If you need a rim to commute on then this is your wheel, or fire road type mountain biking, but dont ask it to do anything serious.
so as is the usual...you get what you pay for | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pil
a Weekend Warrior
from Quebec, Canada
Date Reviewed: April 4, 2004 | | Favorite Trail: | 3 hours long | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Looks good
Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Fragile | | Similar Products Used: | Very old stock | | Bike Setup: | Mikado Touring bike | | Bottom Line: | These rims came stock on my touring bike. I wanted a very strong bike because I was much heavier at the time. These are supposed to be MTB rims so I guessed they were strong enough for doing road bike!!! They effectively worked well for about two years, needed to true them only once on the front and rear. I just decided to service the bike recently and a small cleaning and inspection on the rear wheel revealed cracks near four of the eyelets. I rode 10000km on these wheels only on the road. I simply can't imagine someone doing MTB on wheels that are not able to sustain road biking. Very very dissapointed with these wheels actually. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Doug
a
from SoCal
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2004 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$60.00 | | Purchased At: | Bicycle Warehouse | | Strengths: | Good sturdy rim. Inexspensive. Paid $60 for pair. When used "within its intended purpose" they work fine. | | Weaknesses: | For $30 each, how can you complain? | | Bike Setup: | Replacement for my Trek 4500 | | Bottom Line: | I don't know why other reviewers are bashing these rims. I mean $60 for the pair--c'mon!! Who cares if they don't handle drops or aggressive riding--they aren't designed for that anyway. Any knucklehead that pays this kind of $$ for rims, then tries to use them for DH or Freeriding is just that--a knucklehead.
I bought these after a year of 3-4 times a week trail riding finally trashed the "Matrix 750" no name rims that came stock on my Trek 4500. I am upgrading to FS in 2 months to a SC Heckler, and just wanted an inexpensive and sturdy rim set to last me that long. I got these and couldn't be happier with them. My local trail is pretty diverse with it's share of rough downhills and rocky patches and these rims have held up great--because I am riding/using them within their intended purpose. Some people may want to try to start doing that with the products they buy, instead of writing a negative review.
Can all of you knuckleheads who misuse products and then write negative reviews say "intended purpose"? No? I didn't think so. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Berto
a Cross Country Rider
from Kenmore,WA USofA
Date Reviewed: September 10, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | living room | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | from Dave | | Strengths: | Good average weight/strength rim for average rider
decent spec rim for sub $1000 hartail like Giant Ranier | | Weaknesses: | not strong enough for DH or aggressive CC riders or trialsin.Soft aluminum dings easily and won't stay true on a less than properly tensioned wheel (like most stock wheelsets) | | Similar Products Used: | Weinman Sub 400,Bontragers (made by Weinman)Mavic 231's,517's and Sun I don't remember what kinds. | | Bike Setup: | Giant Ranier;Avid disk,Deore xt/LX,LX Cranks/ES 70,Hellbent bars,Flite saddle Marzocchi front end. | | Bottom Line: | It's hard to honestly evaluate a rim unless you build the wheel...on a properly built wheel,these rims will hold up to some abuse,but not thrashing or high altitude drops.I weigh just at 200lbs and ride pretty aggressively,but I also used to be a bike mechanic and keep my wheels tensioned.I ride hartails and don't slam into everything and have raced on weeker rims than these.
Soooo,they wouldn't make much of an upgrade rim as they are not the strongest or lightest,but as a stock component on a low to mid level bike,they are about as good as other comparably priced rims.I plan on keeping my ZAC 19 wheelset with road slicks and upgrading to something lighter and stronger for off road. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Ryan
a Cross Country Rider
from niagara falls
Date Reviewed: August 25, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Squeezer 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Pedlers | | Strengths: | The strength of the rim :S
The look sorta cool | | Weaknesses: | None found yet | | Similar Products Used: | Cheaper stuff | | Bike Setup: | 2002 Giant Rainier, hayes discs, mosquito on front, canadian tire special on back | | Bottom Line: | Came stock on my bike, they have not bent after over a year of riding. Since i have discs the black has not worn off and they still look cool. No complaints. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Pete
a Downhiller
from California
Date Reviewed: July 14, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Urban or DH | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came with bike | | Strengths: | i guess they are alright dor riding that is not to hard but i abuse them really hard | | Weaknesses: | dent easily, get flats easily, the weld on them is splitting front and back...if you want to do extreme riding stay away | | Similar Products Used: | to many | | Bike Setup: | kona chute, avids, Kujo DH front, WTB werewolf back, profile cranks, MRP gaurd, lx/deore,.... | | Bottom Line: | dont buy if you want to do hard riding they are shizzy....i am getting sun double wide's....they real way to go....and i RUN DISKS....so shut up if yo say who would!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
D-Dog
a Cross Country Rider
from B Town, MA USA
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Delaney | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | Came With My Bike | | Strengths: | Goddamn, I have beat the crap out of these things. Drop offs and big jumps have barely done anything. | | Weaknesses: | Yeah, they do need to be trued now, but oh well, what do you expect. They are fairly heavy, but you get what you pay for. | | Bottom Line: | They now have some nasty gouges in them. They are also quite out of true, but they keep on truckin.Considering the complete lack of maintainence they've recieved, and the fact that they came stock on my bike, I really can't complain. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Jamit
a Weekend Warrior
from Australia
Date Reviewed: June 2, 2003 | | Favorite Trail: | Anywhere | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | These can with my Giant ATX840 as standard, good for weekend x country | | Weaknesses: | Not good for jumping and having fun with, buckled my rear heaps as I get more adventurous. | | Bike Setup: | Standard Giant ATX840 | | Bottom Line: | They are ok if you want to weekend x country for anything different I would go for something stronger. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Allison
a
from Newfoundland
Date Reviewed: May 14, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | cheap
| | Weaknesses: | heavy | | Similar Products Used: | SUN SUB4 | | Bike Setup: | Giant 860 | | Bottom Line: | Well, the zac19's came stock on my bike which i bought back in 1999. They were laced to stx rc hubs. They weren't that bad, but they are heavy, so I upgraded to sun sub 4's on lx hubs about 3 months later. I still have the zac 19s at home..funnything is, one once fell off a shelf in my bedroom and hit my father in the head. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gabe
a Weekend Warrior
from Ladysmith,b.c., Canada
Date Reviewed: April 21, 2003 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$900.00 | | Purchased At: | The Bicycle Warehouse | | Strengths: | looks good | | Weaknesses: | wear to start? | | Similar Products Used: | nothing | | Bike Setup: | Giant ATX 840 | | Bottom Line: | i have had a wierd experience with these rims. i've rode off a 5 footer to flat pavement. the rims had a slight wobble to them after that. i didn't think they were that bad so i didn't get them trued. after a few more days of easy riding the rims like straitened some how. i don't know how the heck it happened. its done that a few times now, i've done lots of jumps, small drops then they bend then unbend. its kind of cool. but i think there getting kind of weak now, o well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
TheEvil1
a Downhiller
from Carlisle Pa
Date Reviewed: April 11, 2003 | |
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