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Sir_Crackien
06-01-2004, 06:07 PM
pick the rim inwhich you think will last the longest!

btw both are 24"

shifty S
06-01-2004, 07:06 PM
24" anything will last forever, ive got a 24" rhynolite entering its 3rd year of my not-very-smooth-at-all street riding

Stiff
06-02-2004, 01:47 PM
My personal experience with 24s is that the DDG lasts the longest. Too bad I sold it for $8. Shoulda kept it.

In the scrapheap:
Arrow DHX crumpled
Sun Doublewide crushed
Sun Singletrack (Mag 30 with pinned seam) on its way out due to inner track ripping at valve hole
Two rhynolites

These are all dishless 32h with DH/trail application.

No experience with Atomic 24s.

If only Mavic made 24s....

Msisle Dad
06-02-2004, 01:49 PM
mag 30's and singletrack's are 100% completely different

Morgan

downy
06-02-2004, 01:58 PM
Originally posted by Msisle Dad
mag 30's and singletrack's are 100% completely different

Morgan

That's what I assumed. I've heard about people breaking single tracks all the time (and I think they're mainly a ds rim) while I've never heard anyone doing much damage to a mag 30 which I know is a big hit dh rim.

Stiff
06-02-2004, 02:15 PM
Oops, I'm thinking of the Doubletrack, which I haven't seen sold here in the US but which is on my bike right now. I also have a singletrack 26 for trail which is completely different. But the Doubletrack is the same as the Mag30 but with an unwelded pinned joint.

drt_jumper
06-02-2004, 02:51 PM
both rims are mad strong...the main factor that i see is the fact that the atomlabs are easy to get tires on and off and the mag 30's are a giant pain in the ars to get tires on...at least with intense tires

Stiff
06-02-2004, 03:04 PM
That's true. My Intense/Sun combo is awful. Also Arrow tires.

sguhrofst8
06-03-2004, 07:30 PM
I'm a fan of Atomic Labs rims. they have a nice 24"
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Dartman
06-03-2004, 07:50 PM
Neither...Arrow Racing DHX.

Mike

http://www.arrowracing.com/media/images/product/rims/rims_lineup__detail_dhx.jpg

drt_jumper
06-06-2004, 10:29 PM
just an update but today riding i somehow flatted my front tire and didnt have a tube to put in it so I did the next best thing...pulled the tire and tube off the front wheel and kept riding for another hour in d.c. today this was on a 24" atomlab trailpimp..i weigh around 200#s and i did not baby it..i.e. still manualling bunny hoping on to benches and things and riding fast and loud. the only thing that happened to the rim was the edge of it got scrapped up it stayed true as an arrow, no problems. That should help prove that these rims are strong as hell. later adam

bagtagley
06-06-2004, 11:09 PM
[hijack, sorry]

Adam, saw you picking somebody up over by the Evansdale library last week. I tried to wave you down, but you didn't see me. I wasn't sure if you were still in town and riding. Soon as the hand heals we'll have to do some riding.

Drew

[/end hijack]

Sir_Crackien
06-10-2004, 11:21 PM
just got the my rim in. i bought the intense mag 30 and boy is this rim biult stout. currently i'm in the process of biulting it up. i need the take it to my shop to tension and the other things like that. looks like you all pick a true winner.

thanks for the help!!!