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@853Superfly
On the Planet X AL30's
Been eyeing them up as they are on reduced at the moment. I bought the previous incarnation of this wheelset few years back for a hedge find hack bike. My older set only has on-one on the Hubs, the rims are unbranded.
Bearings felt a bit rough when new but lasted well. Only takes 15-20mins to knock out and fit new bearings and some decent bearings are a worthy upgrade, being aimed at a track wheel set the hubs have no outer shield cap for the bearings, it is easy to service them though (flush out and regrease).
I have run 19mm road tyres, 35mm cx and fatter 29er 2.35 tyres on the rims with no dramas. I have caned the living piss out of the rims and not managed to fold them in half when attempting DH races on a Karate Monkey or racing the beater at the Clunker classic.
The wheels are strong. I don't do high mileage, but i have smashed them down wet muddy race tracks.
Mine came with QR's, track nuts, hollow axle and being a double fixed hub had 2 lock rings.