IS THERE CARBON RIMS

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stout_ster101
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by stout_ster101

im looking for a 26'' carbon mountain disc rim does is anyone good with carbon or knows where i can get a rim like this
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Smahatma
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by Smahatma

You really think its a good idea to use carbon wheels on a mountain bike? As far as I know, no company is as of yet crazy enough to make such a thing.

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yoko
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by yoko

The link below is for an auction that ended 10 days ago. The seller said he had a few of this Zipp MTB rims. Contact him if he still have some remaining.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWA:IT

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by stout_ster101

yeah but think how cool it would be, shure its safe, i have a carbon post, dont have shards up my butt, got bars, got rd, got fd, got cardon hub, ggot carbon spokes, carbon cassette carrier, carbon and ti rotors, carbon seat, carbon fs frame, sid world cup, carbon outer ring, storck carbon crank, ec70 stem, and ti eggbeaters pedals, everything else is ti and all that caron stuff has been raced and held up fine and i really want the first all carbon fs mountain bike and i need rims
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Florian
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stout_ster101 wrote:i really want the first all carbon fs mountain bike and i need rims

AFAIK there are no separately sold full carbon MTB rims.
The only way I know is to buy some Xentis full carbon wheels (disc brake only):
http://www.xentis.net/?content=34&open= ... 17&lang=en
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by nikh

Another carbon wheelset is the Ronda MTB Tubeless at 1200g.
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by Smahatma

carbon and ti rotors eh? My marta sl rotors and pads need replacing. Who makes these carbon rotors?

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nikh wrote:Another carbon wheelset is the Ronda MTB Tubeless at 1200g.

AFAIK it's vaporware - announced and listed on the website since years, but never available or seen in the wild.
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by DANIELSON

HED used to make them. They are similar to Zipp's 404 clincher wheel, as they both use aly rim.

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Check out the adventures page on Zipp's website. Mike rides a 29er, just won the great divide race (see www.mtbr.com) on zipp rims, hugi hubs

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