Author Topic: XM Carbon Speed Wheels?  (Read 7695 times)

carbonazza

Re: XM Carbon Speed Wheels?
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2018, 03:46:30 PM »
I bought rims of the same weight from Peter, I didn't measure the outside width, the internal width is between 19 and 20mm.
Same hubs, with Sapim CX rays, and I ended at 1218g for my gravel.

Will you use them on your 29er?
I ride another ultralight pair of rims on my 29er for a few months( but with heavier Hope hubs ) and they seems to resist quite well to the hits they receive regularly.

johnnydamage

Re: XM Carbon Speed Wheels?
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2018, 04:24:04 PM »
nice. sounds like you made a nice set of wheels. yeah going to put them on my 29er hardtail for xc racing. internal width is 22.6mm. glad to hear they stood up well to the abuse. I'm around 162lbs so I think I should be ok.

adriaanm

Re: XM Carbon Speed Wheels?
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2021, 04:36:53 AM »
thanks ! glad you guys like them. here  are the rims I used       http://s.aliexpress.com/Z7bqIVjq?fromSns
Thanks for the tip!

I just bought a pair of these (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32826616369.htm) to build a light wheelset for my steel gravel bike, for 300 CHF shipped (330 USD). I noticed their prices go up and down (I first saw them on Sunday at this price, then on Monday the price was up 17%, then today it was down again, so I couldn't resist and hit the buy button :-)).

I'm planning to build it up with novatec d411sb/d412sb, pillar 1423 spokes and sapim polyax nipples. The goal is to keep the set under 500 USD and under 1400g (my current wheelset weighs 1900g, so I hope I'll feel the difference  :o).