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Thanks, I meant to say to you that I never did get the mt7’s.
I had a chance to get the Cascade Components callipers half price, couldn’t help my self.I’d say that the Reserve 30 wheels are absolutely fine for a proper dh bike. However, the rear hub spacing on the RAAW dh frame will most likely be bigger than the the 148 spacing on the madonna.
Dh bikes tends to be over 150mm so you’d need a new rear wheel at the least.
Fwiw I run 28h reserve rims on my nomad and there’s never been any issues riding the dh trails at inners, inner’s definitely isn’t the alps though.
I run 32h carbon rims on my dh bike made by a Chinese company called Carbonal. Carbonal have a pretty good rep for being one of the better Chinese rim manufacturers.
I honestly can’t really feel any performance difference between the two wheel sets though.*Full disclosure - I’ve cracked a Reserve rim and a Carbonal rim at inners but it only fair to say that both times were probably my fault due to running stupid low pressure numbers
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@TotalShanner I've still got the HC3's on, the Oak's are in the box they came in, but I'll get round to it shortly. I haven't forgotten, I've just been lazy.
Right - I have an Enduro bike, which I race and take to BPW and similar places, I have a Trail bike which I ride locally, Surrey Hills and so on. Which must mean that I need a downhill bike to admire for 351 days of the year and then take to suitable mountains for the remainder.
Given that this would be a huge indulgence it's at the conceptual stage at the moment, but it would be good to get an idea of things.
Would the Reserve 30 wheel set with DD DHR II/Assegai be out of their depth on a DH bike, with the higher speeds (in theory) that it would allow above the Madonna?
Ideally the answer would be no, and I could stick a smaller cassette and larger rotor on the rear (front already has a 220mm rotor).