Mountain Biking - mavic rims 223/317/517 - what's the difference?

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montlake_mtbkr
10-22-03, 12:42 PM
probably getting a new disc wheelset soon. what do the numbers on the rims mean?
also which is comparable to sun rhyno lites?

KrisA
10-22-03, 03:17 PM
probably getting a new disc wheelset soon. what do the numbers on the rims mean?
also which is comparable to sun rhyno lites?

517 - lightweight rim brake XC rim
317 - lightweight disc brake XC rim
223 - not quite as lightweight with inferior joint (compared to 517 & 317) disc brake XC rim

As far as which is comparable to rhyno lites, none. Try the 321. www.mavic.com
B1105
10-22-03, 03:38 PM
Yes those are all sub 400 (except 223) gram rims, which if you plan on doing strictly xc, then they willl be fine. Anything like stairs i would recomend either the Rhynolite XLs, 321s or Singletracks.

Mad Dog JR
10-22-03, 06:49 PM
i have a set of 223,s and they have held up for me, i have dont lots of 2-3 foot drops to flat in them, hit rock gardens at speed. havent bent them yet, but im only 135 pounds so that makes a difference. not sure on how light that are, i dont have mush to compair them to. but i raced XC all summer on them and they have treated me well.
Trey
10-23-03, 06:24 AM
I can say the same thing about my 517's and I weigh 155 lbs. They have held up well and treated me great. Small jumps/drops and hard hits on rocks and stuff. Bent a spoke last night but no wheel problems.

Trey
a2psyklnut
10-23-03, 11:54 AM
I would say the F219's are comparable to the Rhinolites.

These are disc specific however.

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