Heads up for you Crank Brothers fans

gest24 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:59 pm

If you like the cobalts but have a 29er, you can now have your own set of CB wheels! Just saw them on the webstore, $950/set!

weight
front/rear 798g / 961g

rim
material 6061-t6 aluminum
color silver
joint welded
internal width 19mm
valve hole dia. 6.5mm
braking surface disc brake only

spokes
material stainless steel
color silver
butting 2.0 / 1.6 / 2.0
number 24

nipples
material 7075-t6 aluminum
color black

hubs
front hub shell 2 sealed 17x28x7
cartridge bearings
front axle length
100 mm qr
rear hub shell 2 sealed 25x37x7
2 sealed 17x28x7
cartridge bearings
rear axle length 135 mm qr

compatibility
tire tubeless compatible
recommended
tire size 1.9-2.3"

quick release front / rear split qr included

jonathan_sykes81 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:01 pm

Hope their wheels are better than their pedals.

gest24 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:07 pm

jonathan_sykes81 wrote:

Hope their wheels are better than their pedals.

Everyone I know that rides them likes them.

You don't like CB pedals?

EMFC · **Posted:** Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:28 pm

gest24 wrote:

You don't like CB pedals?

Don't get him started.

jonathan_sykes81 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:25 am

You could say I don't like them, or you could say that I think they aren't safe to use(I am mainly talking about the Candy series). I have a permanent scar from the spindle snapping in half while climbing a hill. They fixed it no questions asked(they do have good customer service), but then it happened again less than a month later. They offered to upgrade me to the stainless spindle, I told them that's what I am currently using, they said sorry and offered to fix them again, I didn't even bother. Oh yeah, emfc, I told you so(referring to this past Sunday).

kevmortensen · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:47 am

The flip side of that is that I have had a set of them for over 5 years with zero problems. . . and a second set for 2 years that have held up as well.

jonathan_sykes81 wrote:

You could say I don't like them, or you could say that I think they aren't safe to use(I am mainly talking about the Candy series). I have a permanent scar from the spindle snapping in half while climbing a hill. They fixed it no questions asked(they do have good customer service), but then it happened again less than a month later. They offered to upgrade me to the stainless spindle, I told them that's what I am currently using, they said sorry and offered to fix them again, I didn't even bother. Oh yeah, emfc, I told you so(referring to this past Sunday).

Scott Forty G. · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:08 am

gest24 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:18 am

Scott Forty G. wrote:

I heard a lot of good things about the wheelset until i saw this with my own two eyes. His rear hub just stopped engaging after only less than 5 rides.

I have seen one set with a bum free hub body. This summer when we went out to Granby for nationals we had 4 sets of demo cobalts. Day before the race one of the 4 sets free hub body crapped out. But CB swapped it out right then and there and the wheels have been getting used since.

My personal outlook on specific companies is, everyone has different experiences with different companies. Some good, some horrible. That seems to be the case with CB. But you can't deny the wheels look cool, lol.

PacMan · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:37 am

The problem with CB wheels, is that they aren't that light considering what they cost. You can get just as light and strong for less money. So why bother?

Robo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:57 am

PacMan wrote:

The problem with CB wheels, is that they aren't that light considering what they cost. You can get just as light and strong for less money. So why bother?

Exactly. I've got a DT 240/ZTR355 build that is still lighter than the CB "XC race" setup at the 26" size. And I ride them much harder than XC race. Zero problems. Oh, and I paid over $100 less for my set that was expertly built by Dave T. at Speed Dream wheels.

For true XC race you could have a set built over 200g lighter with different hubs and rims. And probably more problem-free.

jonathan_sykes81 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:42 am

Bam. Nail on the head regarding the wheels. I have some 240S built up with Flow's. Bombproof, decently light 29'er wheels(1820gms). Also, the issue with CB(and one other company) that I have is this: The fact that you have great customer service is awesome, and a much needed thing now a days, however, the fact that I needed to use it because of a catastrophic failure twice in a month and a half was unsat and steered me away from their products!

sierragoldens · **Posted:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:09 am

jonathan_sykes81 wrote:

You could say I don't like them, or you could say that I think they aren't safe to use(I am mainly talking about the Candy series). I have a permanent scar from the spindle snapping in half while climbing a hill. They fixed it no questions asked(they do have good customer service), but then it happened again less than a month later. They offered to upgrade me to the stainless spindle, I told them that's what I am currently using, they said sorry and offered to fix them again, I didn't even bother. Oh yeah, emfc, I told you so(referring to this past Sunday).

That sucks about the broken spindle and scar. Luckily my LBS told me to ditch the Ti spindle pedals I was using before I ended up in the hospital.....not Eggbeaters, some old Ritchey's.

I find it hard to believe people get away with using Eggbeaters......this is a comment about a bike photo on Velocult that just amazed me......"the platform pedals are only on there at the moment because all of my 3 out of 5 of my EGGBEATERS are out for warranty and the are LAGGING! im going to try out some speedplays now and see what theyre all about"

5 pairs of eggbeaters and 3 in for warranty...yikes!!!! Maybe they were lagging for a reason.....like some sanity to show up.

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