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Dick
Guest
The other day I picked up a friends bike to toss it in the truck and it suddenly struck me that my
bike is damn heavy. Further investigation revealed that my hardtail does indeed weigh about 30lb
which is substantial to my 155. Understand that where I ride has heavily (intentional) influenced my
current setup; lots of mean rocks just waiting to eat any part that comes near them and on top of
that most rides conclude with a 2 hour urban session. If your ever in the Madison WI area come by
and we'll break something together
Immediately I headed to weightweenies and picked out new pedals and bar which dropped a pound, whew.
Now I want to get a nice set-o-hoops. Chris King hubs seems to be the best combination of weight and
strength but rims are a little tougher to choose. MTBR is not helpful in this area because every rim
seems to have an equal mix of "strongest rim I ever had" and "I was just riding along...". Any
recommendations for a really tough but reasonably light rim (disc or not)?
bike is damn heavy. Further investigation revealed that my hardtail does indeed weigh about 30lb
which is substantial to my 155. Understand that where I ride has heavily (intentional) influenced my
current setup; lots of mean rocks just waiting to eat any part that comes near them and on top of
that most rides conclude with a 2 hour urban session. If your ever in the Madison WI area come by
and we'll break something together
Immediately I headed to weightweenies and picked out new pedals and bar which dropped a pound, whew.
Now I want to get a nice set-o-hoops. Chris King hubs seems to be the best combination of weight and
strength but rims are a little tougher to choose. MTBR is not helpful in this area because every rim
seems to have an equal mix of "strongest rim I ever had" and "I was just riding along...". Any
recommendations for a really tough but reasonably light rim (disc or not)?