I regularly carry my toddler son XC (mild!) on the cycle seat and I have buckled beyond repair yet another back wheel (mavic xm 317/deore)
Looking for a cheap strong but light rear wheel/rim combination preferable from merlin cycles
Any ideas please?
It matters little what the components of the wheel are, it just needs to be built well.
Find a decent wheelbuilder, and tell him what you want, and they will build you wheel for that purpose. You can't go far wrong giving Harry Rowland a ring.
I've got mixed views on Merlins wheels. The first pair I had stayed true despite taking a real bashing MTBing. I eventually sold them with the bike about a year later.
The next set had a very low spoke tension and they buckled on their first ride out before I even got off-road with them. After being re-trued I did a road sportive on the MTB using slick tyres. The wheels were so out of true by the end of the event the tyre was rubbing the fork.
IFIRC, the early Merlin wheels were built by Paul Hewitt. The two original shops were both in the same bit of Leyland. I don't think he does them (or certainly not them all) any longer.
The sure fire way to get a Hewitt wheel is from Hewitts.
Thanks for the replies folks.....will probably go for a handbuilt Ex721 form merlin and keep fingers crossed, about £60 which is my budget limit anyway. Should be bomb proof and the slight extra weight wont really matter.
Thanks for the replies folks.....will probably go for a handbuilt Ex721 form merlin and keep fingers crossed, about £60 which is my budget limit anyway. Should be bomb proof and the slight extra weight wont really matter.
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