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Right, im looking at buying a second set of wheels for my TREK EX8 and have found a set which sound good to me, but want your opinions really... They're Crossmax rims built on 32H Hope Pro2's. Good buy for Mildly aggressive XC, or is there a better option for me out there???

Also, im obviously going to have to put tyres on. These will be my off-road / all rounder rims, so was looking at either MAXXIS Advantage Kevlar 2.1's... or Schwable Nobby Nics. Opinions...
My current wheels are fitted with Specialised Crossroads Armadilos, but are very bias towards tarmac / light offroad use.

Anyway, cheers for looking, and hope to hear to get some good advice / feedback

Tyres seem to be a very personal choice, to me as long as they're black round and knobbly that'll do ! but to some they stick their reputation on them !

I was extremely lucky to be given a pair of Maxxis HighRollers and to be honest i dont want anything else, they helped my riding a lot at Danbury

Yeah, thats what i thought.... But always worth the ask.....

As for high rollers, if i remember right, they have virtually the same tread pattern and compound as the old Mitchelin Comp22's... Which if thats the case, i make you dead right. Its what i used to use in both trail and competition riding,and always swore by them!

Highrollers are good but a bit heavy for xc'ing

Yep, which is also why my bike hasn't got a pair of comp22s on it..... I am looking at staying as light as possible really.

What model of Crossmax rim, because the SX model is super tough for what its designed for, so you can se for a whole lot more than just XC

My bad..... Theyre actually Hope Pro 2 EVO hubs on Mavic XC717's - for £289.95 with free del. Is that a good price, and good build for XC???

That's a reasonable price for that wheelset built up, and should do you for some aggressive cross country

Cool..... Just need the nod off the accountant (aka wife) and I'll get me them then

That is a good price, when i built my set up they were expensive rims so i went for the old EN515's as they 'used' to be the best LOL