Astoria Paranoia wrote:

SG wrote:

Wobbler wrote:

Butch wrote:

mtb_sloth wrote:do I go for a new fork with 20mm through axle at the same time?

You could just get a pro 2 wheelset and some adaptors?

crc has les custom builds back now

what's their build quality like? is it better to get wheels built over here?

Excellent.
Mine are still straight after a year on a hardtail I dh'd


(slowly)

What would you go?

Mavic 819 or DT Swiss 4.2

SG wrote:

Astoria Paranoia wrote:

SG wrote:

Wobbler wrote:

Butch wrote:

mtb_sloth wrote:do I go for a new fork with 20mm through axle at the same time?

You could just get a pro 2 wheelset and some adaptors?

crc has les custom builds back now

what's their build quality like? is it better to get wheels built over here?

Excellent.
Mine are still straight after a year on a hardtail I dh'd


(slowly)

What would you go?

Mavic 819 or DT Swiss 4.2

uhhh...
Someone else who knows the answer will be along shortly


There's a few threads on this.
Unfortunately most have Notanotherhill in it
/goes and rummages

Here's a start
http://www.vorb.org.nz/ftopict-84109-.html

thanks mate

819ssssssss!


Not that I've actually used dt4.2s

I think the dt's are considerably lighter duty though? My 819s are still going strong after a year of muppeting through christchurch rocks.

you running tubeless - any issues fitting tyres?

I had issues using non ust tyres (maxxis advantages), so I just chucked some ust ones on and they work great, with or without sealant. One of these days I'll try the non ust thing again, pretty sure the advantages just had too flimsy sidewalls.

does anyone have any idea what 819's + Hope 2 + DT Swiss Competitions would weigh (excluding QR)?

Butch wrote:

mtb_sloth wrote:do I go for a new fork with 20mm through axle at the same time?

You could just get a pro 2 wheelset and some adaptors?

Screw you Butch.









I had hardly started to think about it, but I think you have answered the question right there.

SG wrote: does anyone have any idea what 819's + Hope 2 + DT Swiss Competitions would weigh (excluding QR)?

Around 1800 - 1850g for a hope/819 set.

I've had a couple of sets of ProII/DT4.2's running DT Tubeless system. Both from CRC and build quality fine. They came in a bit lighter than 819's - although the DT Rims are a bit softer. I used to flat spot my rear rim on the Heckler often on Port Hills rocks with my less than gracefull technique. Thinking of getting 5.1's or 819's for the next set. Wee bit heavier but last a bit longer.

mtb_sloth wrote:

Butch wrote:

mtb_sloth wrote:do I go for a new fork with 20mm through axle at the same time?

You could just get a pro 2 wheelset and some adaptors?

Screw you Butch.









I had hardly started to think about it, but I think you have answered the question right there.

Sell you some nice Van R's?

Butch wrote:


Sell you some nice Van R's?

Swap for float rlc's?

Astoria Paranoia wrote:

danose wrote:so my cunning disquise worked!!!

Your blatantly yellow jacket on saturday was blatant

100% taste free! needed pink lycra to go with it though

grahamt wrote:Thinking of getting 5.1's or 819's for the next set. Wee bit heavier but last a bit longer.

or new mavic en521s - bit wider than the 819/719 (without all the weight of the trust ex721), welded (but not maxtal like a 721/719/819), cheap - not too heavy (40g more than a dt ex5.1). Cheap too...

if you want to run UST 819s are great - but if you're running tubes they're kind of heavy (once you factor in the weight of those funky fore nipples)