Downhill Wheelset suggestions

Definitely the Easton Havoc. Love my set. Bombproof yet light. $439 @ Jenson. 20mm, 15mm, or 9mm. They do it all.

 

I have Sun Ringle a.d.d. lights and they're sweet. Pretty light and they've held strong so far. Peace.

 

How about 440 rear hub and 823? about as heavy and strong as you can get. The engagement on the 440's isn't great though. But I don't think mines will ever break from actual riding.

 

but you would actually have to ride them... to risk hurting them :lol:

 

That was my point.

 

Since the rim and spokes are trashed, might as well get new hubs.

I always run a 32h hub/rim with 14/15g spokes (sometimes I would run straight 14g), never found a need, even in my better days, to run anything higher as long as the build is done correctly and spoke tension checked periodically.

With that said and for about $500 to $600,
Hadley hub / DTSwiss spokes / Syncros AMDS28 or go with the FR DPS32 if you want a bit more strength and wider rim.

Second choice for me would be;
Hadley / DTSwiss Spokes / Alex Supra D

 

How about this? Seems like a good rear atleast.

http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/market-place/39882-dh-wheelset-mavic-ex721-hope-pro-ii.html

 

How about these????? Revolution 36's. They are strong, decent weight, standard parts.

http://www.transitionbikes.com/Components_Revolution.cfm


I have the 32's you could always swing by and check out to get an idea of the quality

 

You could just replace the rim with another outlaw. As you said 18 months is pretty good for the use. This would be the least expensive route. The Mavic 729 is a good strong rim.

I like DT hubs if you are going to buy something expensive. They are light, smooth, and reliable. I think DT owns Hadley, King, and Hope in all three of those categories.

King has the engagement points, colors, and responsible US manufacturing.

Hope has the best weight to $ ratio of the the three, and they are quite dependable. They also have cool colors.

I hate arguing with Lee, because it usually is hard on my ego, but... The way that Hope puts the flanges really close together on the 150 hub is a trade off that I like. It does make the wheel weaker to folding over due to forces from the non drive side. This is far from the most common rim failure that we see. Flat spots are the most common issue on the wheels that we build. The upside of the Hope execution is that the spoke tension is optimal on both sides. This means that you are much less likely to suffer from spokes getting too loose from a flat spot, or just loosening up.

 

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outlaws are perty strong wheels so its hard to say. Hubs dont really provide strenght in a wheel so you can decide what hubs you want, you could even just keep your outlaw hubs. spokes id get regular dt 2.0, and get dt alloy nipples. now as far as rims i got a friend who is about 280lbs and he goes threw 729 and 823 evey month. but recently he got the sunringle double track and has had good luck with those

 

Ive been running some Halo Freedom 135mm rims on my old Norco and now new bike and I must say I am very pleased. Halo is still under the radar but if your looking for inexpensive (130 a rim) than I would highly recommend them. I could show you pics if you like too.

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Mavic 823s!!!

 

I just built up a set of hope pro 2's with mavic 823's and dt swiss comp spokes. Front is 20mm and the rear is bolt on. I'm absolutely blown away by how stiff they are and how proportionally light they are for their strength.

Other than the pro 2's being the loudest hubs on the face of the planet, they are amazing for the price.