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Hunt XC Race Wheels -- TOO light?

Old 03-18-21, 02:19 PM
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Hunt XC Race Wheels -- TOO light?

165 pounds, building a full-rigid bike for VERY easy singletrack (I'm 50 and very bad) plus fire trails and gravel. The Hunt XC Race wheels are dirt-cheap and CRAZY light. Do I need to worry about shattering spokes and bending rims and sounding like a steel drum?
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Old 03-18-21, 06:14 PM
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Your usage would seem to be the target demographicfor these wheels. I wouldnt take them to a jump park intentionally, but for use and weight, go for it
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I can't imagine that you'd wreck them if you slap on some fat tubeless tires inflated to a low but not too low pressure. I've had sub-1500g Hunt Aero Light Disc wheels to ride on crummy, potholed roads for a few years now and have never had a single issue with them, even when I rammed into some road furniture recently after forgetting how to pay attention to that kind of thing due to riding mostly indoors over the past year.
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Thank you!
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Old 03-20-21, 09:05 AM
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1500g is kinda light, not so light that you need to worry about them. Spokes don't 'shatter'.
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Old 03-20-21, 10:06 AM
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I've always considered 1500g to be a maximum weight. Like my old beater Helium's for everyday use. The light stuff was more 1100-1200.

Nowadays, between disc brakes and tubeless instead of tubulars wheels have gotten heavier. Even heavier when 29 wide became standard instead of 26 narrow.

I still don't think that 1500g is crazy light, just not heavy. They should hold up to your weight no problem.

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I have a ~1350g set of e13 XCX wheels on my Intense Sniper and I hammer them on pretty techy/rocky XC rides. I run 2.25" tire tubeless at relatively low pressure. I'm 185-190lbs ready to ride. No issues at all with the e13 wheels (even with a 24 spoke front wheel!), so I wouldn't be concerned about the Hunt wheels at your weight and for your intended use.

FWIW, I had a set of Hunt XC wide wheels on a Honzo hardtail, and they were great reliable wheels.
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