MTB Wheels

[JamesC27]

Looking at new wheels for my Giant anthem, yes could stretch to some hope hubs QR on magic rims or slight upgrade to Shimano XT hubs ? XT winning at the moment any suggestions?

[BadgerBenji]

Hope on stan's crests is a good option.

[rhinochopig]

Mavic factory builds at whatever your budget affords. I've got dozens of different wheel sets at various price points and I've never had to replace the bearings on a Mavic - 3 sets.

[Justin S]

Wouldnt go cup and cone Shimano hubs on an MTB ever again. Zee hubs broke 3 times in as many months. Just swopped them out for another brand. Sealing is poor on the freehub, lots of maintenance regime needed, very heavy too. Depends on budget, but Mavics as above are always a good bet or even some custom superstar wheels, seem pretty robust with Novatec hubs and Pacenti rims.

Edited by Justin S on Saturday 29th August 13:24

[missing the VR6]

I've got Hope Pro Evo 2's on Mavic 819's, 3.5 years old, never trued only slight blot on the copy book is 2 spokes broke at Bike Park Wales 2 months ago and 3 month's ago the freehub body on the rear Hope died. I've been seriously impressed.
My mate bought the same set up second hand and has had no bother either.

[neenaw]

BadgerBenji said:

Hope on stan's crests is a good option.

This.
Great wheels, adaptors to suit pretty much any axle combination and I've done thousands of miles on mine and never had any issues with them whatsoever.

[Rolls]

I've done an axel and a freehub body on xt' s in the last 6 months... They are made of chocolate...
For my next mtb upgrade I'll either be getting a decent set of mavics or stans on hopes...

[Mr E]

I run hope hubs on nukeproof rims and they are living up to the name. And I'm a clumsy rider.

[nick19]

Can't beat Hope on Stan's in my view. Good value for money and great reliability in my experience.

[deadtom]

another vote for hope hubs on whatever rims you need to get the right balance of strength and weight

[JamesC27]

Cheers guys pretty uniform decision

[richardxjr]

neenaw said:

BadgerBenji said:

Hope on stan's crests is a good option.

This.
Great wheels, adaptors to suit pretty much any axle combination and I've done thousands of miles on mine and never had any issues with them whatsoever.

+2. Got a set on my Anthem. Got em real cheap a bit secondand as 'obsolete' 26".

[rhinochopig]

Well bloody hell I jinxed myself. Freehub sounded like it's dying when I went out for a pedal today

[Herman Toothrot]

Had two sets of custom chain reaction wheels and both sets very well built, never needed spokes touching and alway run straight. The most recent set are Hope Pro 2 Evo hubs on Easton ARC 27 tubeless rims, great wheels.

Here's the rim review :-


http://www.pinkbike.com/news/easton-arc-rim-first-...

Other set was Nuke proof Generators with Mavic EX721 just done all the bearings on them after two years they'd developed lots of play, back to new for £30 with bearings from eBay.