 Light, Strong, Cheap. Pick tw... erm one, pick one.
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 These wheels have one Bikemagic members name all over them. Do they come in 29'er?
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 They look funny lol. Not unlike deep section TT or Track wheels
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 Fugly but cool.
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 Can you straighten then up by putting them in the fridge overnight?
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Yes. Put them next to the stolen car stereos as apparently putting them in the freezer resets the security code.
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 id have a set if they can get the weight down!
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 PMSL at X-Commie!
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 Don't think they could get the weight down much? A normal wheel works on thin ties in tension, this has the plastic in compression & tension. The wall thicknesses look quite chunky, but it doesn't look like there's much actually holding the wheel to the hub
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 From the website: No Spokes = No Headaches, Composite Rim = Reduced Flats, Sick Look = Get Noticed" 
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 HRP, although I liked the idea enough to read it, not at that weight or price I don't have enough wheel problems to justify either. The could get the weight down alot for XC Race weight weenies, but no where near current spoked weight weenie wheels, and all thats important to weenies is weight so they won't bother to make XC version, quite rightly to.
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 Mm. I spoke to the TAG chaps at Interbike. They reckon they can cut quite a lot of weight (to a kind of all-mountain level) but they don't think they'll ever be able to match the weight of a spoked wheel. Then again, weight isn't the USP, which in itself is a refreshing change 
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Still got some Spin tri-spokes on my retro Pro-Flex, everybody I meet loves the look of them. Sure there's a market for the Tags if they can get the weight down.
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The only people that spend that kinda money do it for weight savings sadly, it'll appear to DHers, but if it isn't the lightest wheel on the planet the weenies won't spend that kinda money. On the rear though it'll likely be so stiff it'll deliver the power better than spokes could so it'll likely out accelerate a normal spoked wheel, but they still wouldn't go for it.
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 Light weight isn't the sole preserve of XC racers, it matters to DHers aswell. A lighter wheel accelerates faster, I reckon lighter's faster than stiff. It might catch on with the big cliff huckers but I don't see them having a big market in the UK. They'll sell some to those that like to be different but the majority will stick with hand built spoked wheels.
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yeah even DHers are becoming weight weenies sadly, BUT they could be if there as strong as claimed, damn good DH training wheels, then slap your 717's ( uggg ) on for your race day ( Mate DH's with 717's says fine if your ride with finesse so ?? )
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A lighter bike's a faster bike. But I wouldn't fancy my chances on 717s. 521s, Bulbs and DH tubes for messing around and 823, DTs and tubeless for racing on.
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Sorry 717's on his XC bike which he does some crazy stuff on, 321's on the DH bike, cheap to replace when he spanks them.
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Aye that's a bit different. I was thinking full on Ft William type stuff on a 717  I'm still running an old 517 rear for XC. It is starting to suffer a little on the back of my Chameleon. It's been running fine for what feels like decades and a few trips out on that and I'm starting to find flat spots and loose spokes
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 Looking at the wheel weight is all wrong though. As Mike says, the USP isn't weight, its strength and pinch flat resistance is the selling point, and with that in mind consider that you could use much lighter tyres and tubes, thereby reducing the weight penalty somewhat. As a set of all-mountain wheels I can see them as ideal. The whole bombproof nature really is a key factor, and worth a few grams on the right (ie not for racing ) bike.
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