Originally Posted by canam73

I've built 2 wheelsets with 279s and all four rims were very true before building and had almost imperceptible seems. Much better than my A23s were out of the box in both respects. Another plus is at least compared to the XR300s I but for my wife the brake track is much taller. Makes for easier wheel swaps with different rims.

One small negative is that like other kinlins using decent pads is a must. One of the sets I built was for my brother who is a cheapskate. His no-name pads caused squealing shard issues until swapped for some Koolstops.