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Has anyone got any experience with:
Mavic Crossmax SLR's?
DT Swiss XR 1450's?
I have the Mavics on two 29er's. one FS and the other is a HT.
They run beautifully, stiff, strong and light. Wouldn't hesitate to run them again on an XC bike.
I'm a smidge over their recommended rider weight and in two years I've only broken one spoke and that was down to me riding like an idiot. Rode the bike out though with no problems.
Replacement spoke cost me $2.50 and was back in the wheel in about 5 mins. Only needed to true the wheel then.
Also had to replace the bearings in the free hub body. Cost me $35.
I run them all the time. Don't ride easy on the FS bike but a little easier on the HT for obvious reasons.
If I were looking for a more trail oriented bike I'd consider something with a wider seat as 19mm / 21mm is a little narrow when others are running 28mm+.
They look awesome, run so very smoothly and the hubs fit almost every connotation of frame / fork you can hope to use (lefty aside and then you just buy a specific hub)
Hope this helps...