Joined: Jun 2005
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From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
Araya made good, strong wheels. At just over 220, I rode on a set on a gravel MUP with no issues at all. Unless you are riding hard, technical trails with jumps and logs, I'd ride it. If you are going to ride technical stuff, take the wheels to an LBS and have them trued and tensioned, then ride. Those old steel LBS brand mountain bikes are very strong with good wheelsets. HOWEVER, those tires look like OEM. At 20 years old, they need to be retired (no pun intended).
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