Mavic Yellow Deemax Wheel

Advantages: Great price and beautiful ride
Disadvantages: Lots of small probelms and so many expensive upgrades to be done

...Nirone was approx £750 but was reduced to £579 in Oct 2005. The trouble with road bikes is that you can spend horrendous amount of money on them, with full carbon bikes being sold (very light and rigid) for many £1000's. This was not for me, I train on a road bike but I will probably never race and if I do I will look into getting a better bike. At the moment it's definitely not my bike limiting my speed (unlike other people its also not my fitness). Another area in which money disappears into with bikes is wheels, they make a lot of difference to bike speed however they are pricey, with Mavic Ksyrium being a popular choice (which I use now) however they are £500 more than standard wheels. Along with wheels having a big effect on speed, tyres come into direct contact with the road surface so big advantages can be made there, with Michelin Pro... Read review

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Advantages: grind anything you want
Disadvantages: slower than flat set-up

...The Higgs Bossons are odd to say the least, but they definitely get the job done. The Soviet Union was odd, but also got the job done. They stayed a Super Power for the better part of the 20th century through methods not everyone understands. The Higgs Bosson, true to form, grind very well, but not everyone understands exactly how. The design of the wheel is closer to an octagon than a wheel. I was expecting to stick, or not be able to come off of a grind smooth; I was wrong. I allowed Andrew Buist to skate the wheels for a while to give a wider variety of opinions towards the wheels. Andrew said, "The wheels are like an extension of the frame," that should give you an idea of how well these wheels were sliding and performing for us. The Higgs Bosons allow skaters to get creative with their grinding, or should I say more creative... Read review

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Advantages: Lightweight, strong, precise, fast
Disadvantages: hopeless police (lack of) effort against stolen bikes

...aluminum monocoque frame doesn't flex at all. The wheels are mavic 517 rims which have been the best XC wheel rims around for some time now. There is no discernible lateral shaking and flexing associated with fast downhill in a full-suspension bike. During repetitive bumps on climbs there are some bouncies during some long, grinding, out of the saddle climbs, but use the (change on the ride/fly) lock-out on the Fox Float RL and its perfect again as is the lock-out on the SID Team fork. It has four inches of travel in the back, and 100mm up front, so the bike can take the big hits with no annoying inefficiencies. This bike feature s the new Quad System trail arm. The Quad system is designed to allow the rear wheel to move up and down early in the travel. As the wheel moves back the effective chainstay length grows, which is supposed... Read review

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