anyone in line for one of these

[zmtber]

http://www.tagwheels.com/wheels.aspx

[DHRFX Joe]

certainly not me. i would want to wait a few years of production of those before i spend a ton of $$$$ (im assuming) on those. actually, i wouldnt want em anyway, but thats just me.:)

[stinkyboy58]

yeah i might put them on my the bike im getting instead of trailpimps

[ViciousDHer]

flexy ?

[TheMontashu]

Were is the weight, if they are light enough and have a good warentee I might order me up a fron wheel


Edit. Maybe next year after a few people have ran them

[maxyedor]

Lame.

[zmtber]

they are extremly light, so i heard

[TheMontashu]

Im ganna have a sub 1000 gram wheel for my DH bike, so they had better be LIGHT

[maxyedor]

they are extremly light, so i heard

Get me a real number on a scale in your LBS and I'll beleive it. Every few years a company makes wheels like this, and either you get paralized or you end up with a 20# wheelset.

[surfinguru]

If I bend 'em and then stick 'em in the freezer, will they come back out straight? :rofl:

[Eggzoi]

My bike is WAY too sexy to taint it with those things.

[iridebikes]

WEIGHT : front:1301 grams, rear:1421 grams

yeah.... I'll stick with my industry nine wheels for a 500 gram lighter wheelset... SPIN wheels were a fad, and it's already been done. I doubt these will sell.

[Tenacious Doug]

DT240 hubs with 20mm front and 12mm rear through axle??

[Li'l Dave]

On the website there they say that the rear wheel alone is over 1400 grams. I'm sorry, but I'll stick with my Hadley/729's.

[stinkyboy58]

they have a lifetime warrantee. the front is 1300grams and the back is 1400grams

[Bicyclist]

:stosh: If I rode a Vertical I'd invest in some of those.

[OGRipper]

If I bend 'em and then stick 'em in the freezer, will they come back out straight? :rofl:

I want some ACS Z-Rims for my vp-free...

[kidwoo]

My skyway tuff mags rule those things.

[OGRipper]

My skyway tuff mags rule those things.

Yeah maybe but my motomags own all.

[Jimmy_Pop]

Cool. 135x12mm. do you think i can dish it for 150mm to fit my racelink?

[Mike Buell]

I think its a cool idea. If they could drop some weight i'd totally be interested. Beats destroying hoops every few months.

[BSEVEER]

I raced DH for a couple of seasons on some Spin wheels with no problems at all but judging from what other people thought of them I might have had the only good set ever made.

[Mike Buell]

I think another reason they are cool is because you never have to tension or true them. Seems like a lot of people don't do this anyways and thats why a lot of traditional wheels get damaged. I know this was a problem for me when I first started out.

[bizutch]

I remember the sound of a SPIN wheel coming down the mountain...like a thousand fishing rods hitting the floor at Bass Outdoor's...

[BSEVEER]

I remember the sound of a SPIN wheel coming down the mountain...like a thousand fishing rods hitting the floor at Bass Outdoor's...


I had them on a Mountain Cycle San Andreas so I made all kinds of noise.:)

[zedro]

I think they should be going for super-tough and not super-light (like BCDs theme). I dont know why people expect CF to be half the weight of everything else; cant it just be the same weight but a hell of alot stronger/stiffer instead?

Good CF wheels are gonna come around sooner or later (like all wheeled sports); i think these guys have a chance, especially aligning with DT Swiss.

And think no hassle tubless :thumb:

[maxyedor]

I think they should be going for super-tough and not super-light (like BCDs theme). I dont know why people expect CF to be half the weight of everything else; cant it just be the same weight but a hell of alot stronger/stiffer instead?

Good CF wheels are gonna come around sooner or later (like all wheeled sports); i think these guys have a chance, especially aligning with DT Swiss.

And think no hassle tubless :thumb:

Name one sport that uses CF wheels.

[zedro]

Name one sport that uses CF wheels.

should of said motorsport...not alot of wheeled sports....

granted MX doesnt use them but they're lame:hot:

its the future my friends...just depends on when

[maxyedor]

should of said motorsport...not alot of wheeled sports....

granted MX doesnt use them but they're lame:hot:

its the future my friends...just depends on when

Witch motorsporta are you refering to, I can't think of any.

[zedro]

Witch motorsporta are you refering to, I can't think of any.
race cars, superbikes, go-carts, ATVs...

the limiting factor is cost really, CF is quite capable, just $$$ to pull off properly. If they ever get the crazy production abilities like 3D weaving we could really see some funky stuff

[Repack]

I think another reason they are cool is because you never have to tension or true them. Seems like a lot of people don't do this anyways and thats why a lot of traditional wheels get damaged. I know this was a problem for me when I first started out.
Thats why I was thinking that they might be ideal for wheel chairs. I've built wheels for wheelchair basketball players and they go through wheels like a DHer. For them its the side loads.

[TheMontashu]

DT240 hubs with 20mm front and 12mm rear through axle??
There are no 240 hubs in a 20 mil or a 12 mil

[zedro]

There are no 240 hubs in a 20 mil or a 12 mil

it says its based on the 240, the shell is custom....probably really the 440, but its all pretty custom anyways

[konastab01]

I will stick to my I9s at least they can be trued

[zedro]

I will stick to my I9s at least they can be trued

thats why i use spoke wheels on my car

[konastab01]

huh :help:

[konabiker]

thats why i use spoke wheels on my car
Gold 100 spokes? Damn zedro is a baller.

Gold fronts too?

[dhpimp]

Consumer perception will not allow these to become popular. If a company is going to release a product such as this, they need to show empirical evidence of WHY you should use a CF wheel over a tradition wheel, or why you should use THIS CF wheel over another.

Bike wheels will start to be LIGHTER & stronger when they stop using air bladders and layered carbon because they can't make it strong enough against impacts; However, i doubt the production costs vs. sales will allow our industry to mass produce such wheels at a reasonable price.

[skatetokil]

they have a lifetime warrantee. the front is 1300grams and the back is 1400grams


warrantee wont matter much if the company goes out of business

[zedro]

huh :help:

that was sarcasm; my car wheels dont need truing because they dont use spokes. A CF wont need truing either; it'll stay straight or break, it wont bend.

[fiddy_ryder]

who said these were CF? all the site says if fiber reinforced composite...

[zedro]

who said these were CF? all the site says if fiber reinforced composite...

well that doesnt exclude it, both being generic terms anyways

[Tattooo]

I had cf wheels on my Ducati from Blackstone Tec, mind you they were over $3k a set, but they were actually pretty bomb proof, and so so light.

http://www.motowheels.com/italian/images/BST%20up%20high2.jpg

If you look at this, they can run a CF wheel on a KTM bike, do a monster jump, and then roll on down the road at speed. It can be done, but I have a very hard time seeing anyone in the MTB world, which isn't exactly known for its heavy spenders, ponying up the dracmas to get a good pair built.

I remember being one of those assholes who bought into the Spin tri-blade wheels. Nothing made me happier, or made my bike work better, when I ditched that wheel and went to an xtr hub with some 517cd hoops back in 1998. Good stuff then, good stuff now. Going to have a hard time convincing anyone who rode that sort of crap to try it again...

[lonewolfe]

[QUOTE=zmtber]http://www.tagwheels.com/wheels.aspx[/QUOTE

They're probably $1500.00 or something rediculous like that. I can't believe all the super expensive wheelsets that are coming out. I just can't fatham spending $1000.00 for a set of mountain bike wheels.

[zmtber]

yes they are like 1200 right now, but i think they have lifetime warrenty not sure, correct me if im wrong.

[AusRottenVirus]

yes they are like 1200 right now, but i think they have lifetime warrenty not sure, correct me if im wrong.

So do all mavic wheels with the MP3 warrenty. Those mag wheels are lame!
-Chris

[OGRipper]

They're probably $1500.00 or something rediculous like that. I can't believe all the super expensive wheelsets that are coming out. I just can't fatham spending $1000.00 for a set of mountain bike wheels.

A buddy of mine recently opened a high-end roadie shop and in the last two or three months he has sold three pair of $5,500 carbon wheels. That shizz is out of hand.