I have just purchased a set of fox 36 talas rc2's and am building a spesh enduro s works.  Am looking to get the best wheelset i can for this bike (light vs strong) and have been looking at the dt swiss ex1750.  Has anyone got these or a similar wheelset and how do you rate them. need to be a 20mm thru axle. This is the first time i have had to really think about wheels as i am building up a frame and have never really read up on them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers folks!

1. Hope ProII/Mavic.

2. DT 240/Mavic.

3. Chris King/Mavic for those with far too much money

Mavic 719 (819 tubeless) for XC

Or Mavic 721, (823 for tubeless) for DH and heavy blokes who plough on through with scant regard for their long suffering wheels.

cheers jimmy!

Have you looked at Hope Hoops? They're Pro11 hubs on DT 5.1 rims; I know a couple of people who use them for 'all-mountain'/light DH duties and they seem great. The only downside being that the hubs only come in black..

alternatively contact Merlin or Chainreactioncycles and get them to quote for your choice of spangly hope hub and DT 5.1 rim..

I have had those wheels (Hope Pro II and DT Swiss 5.1's) on the very bike you're building since Easter, no problems whatsoever, they've spent a week in Glentress, and also Coed y Brenin, Afan and numerous days at Aston Hill.

I'm running 2.4 Nobby Nics on mine.

Originally bought as a spare pair, so I could leave the Minions on the original set, but up to now I've never bothered getting the old ones out since an uplift at Cwmcarn - but based upon the hammer that the Hope/DT's have taken, I reckon that they'd but ok there as well.

Thanks for the advice everyone!