Mountain Biking - Anybody have experience with a T.H.E. Eliminator wheelset?

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Triple8Sol
08-21-09, 03:56 AM
Just wanted to see if anybody has owned or ridden on a set of these before, and what kind of reviews/experiences people have had. Thanks in advance.


Couple pics for reference:

http://www.cambriabike.com/Images/product/the_eliminator_wheelset.jpg

http://www.whistlermountainbike.com/wmb/images/photos/975_l.jpg

frankenmike
08-21-09, 07:57 AM
Never ridden them personally, but I did see a demo once where a guy rode straight into a curb trying to pinch flat, seemed to work well(although modern tubeless systems kind of render this obsolete in a way).
Triple8Sol
08-25-09, 02:42 AM
Well I picked up a used wheelset with tires for a pretty good price. Bought some tubes and the valves just weren't long enough in combination with the plastic/rubber strip. Decided to pull that off and run the tube without that strip. There's still a flat metal ridge below it, but with rounded edges, so we'll see how it goes...