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September 13, 2018 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

First Look: EIE carbon A29C25D22S wheel build

EIE Carbon MarathonMTB

You may not have heard of EIE Carbon, but chances are you will hear of them more in the future. They make a big range of rims, but what I was looking for in a rim needed to be something that hit the following numbers: internal width of 24-26mm Asymmetric for more even spoke tension […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, carbon wheels, chinese carbon, EIE carbon, lenzerheide, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, mountain bike wheels, XCO

June 25, 2018 By Chris Pedder Leave a Comment

Light Bicycle RM29C06 wheels long term review

Light Bicycle Wheels RM29C06 MarathonMTB mountain bike

Following up from my first look post here , here are my thoughts after nine months with the 1238g Light Bicycle RM29C06 flyweight wheels through an autumn, winter, spring and now into summer at home in Switzerland. In starting to write this review, I first went to look up the origin of a quotation that I felt […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Bike, carbon wheels, chinese carbon, dt swiss, light bicycle, light bicycle RM29C06, lightweight, Review, wheel set, wheel test

November 8, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

First Look: Nextie Bike NXT29AS30 rims

Nextie Bike NXT29AS30 carbon rims MarathonMTB bike

Here at MarathonMTB.com we have ridden, tested and raced a whole variety of carbon mountain bike wheels over the past few years. From ENVE, to Kappius, NoTubes Valor, TWE, Light Bicycle and Nextie. Don’t miss our first look at the new flyweight RM29C06 rims from Light Bicycle. From pre-built wheels through to custom builds like […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: carbon wheels, chinese carbon, dt swiss, first look, MarathonMTB, mountain bike, Nextie, nextie bike, pillar spokes

June 17, 2017 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

REVIEWED: Light Bicycle XC923 carbon wheel set

xc923 marathonmtb

Almost one year ago I placed an order for a carbon mountain bike wheel set from Light Bicycle. I used their online wheel builder and chose the XC923 asymmetric rims, 28 DT spokes per wheel, and the always reliable DT240 hubs. It was less than two weeks until the wheels were built and delivered to […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: Carbon, carbon mtb wheels, chinese carbon, light bicycle, MarathonMTB, mountain bike wheels, reviewed, tested, XC923, XCM, XCO

August 28, 2015 By Stu Spies Leave a Comment

REVIEWED: Chinese carbon mountain bike frame

I’ll never forget the day I was left most perplexed by our team manager Mike Blewitt after his seemingly bipolar reaction to my newest bicycle purchase. We were setting up our steeds in the basement of our apartment in preparation for the Dolomiti Superbike, a fantastically tough one day marathon race in the heart of […]

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April 18, 2015 By Mike Blewitt Leave a Comment

Chinese carbon MTB wheels – how good are they?

Carbon wheels are slowly becoming de rigeur for elite endurance mountain biking. The internet, trails and cafes are awash with carbon bike parts. And for good reason – carbon fibre can be used to make stiffer, lighter, stronger and even more comfortable frames, forks, handlebars, stems, seat posts and rims. The returns aren’t as noticeable for […]

Filed Under: Tech Tagged With: 29er, carbon wheels, chinese carbon, nextie bike

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