Yeah, I personally wouldn’t do the “S” versions of those XPLR wheels, I’d want the nicer hubs with the “SW” version. They still aren’t DT swiss quality hubs, but I think the weak link becomes the bearing quality and that’s easy enough to resolve once the original bearings crap out.
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Glad I could help! Felt that was a pretty good deal. Reviews for it from friends like it.
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Pulled the trigger on these American Made gravel wheels. I thought it was a banging deal considering they are a domestic product. $1,100 bucks for some solid hoops.
Wheels don’t flat tires do 
I think initial reviews had lots of flats as they were running the 40mm goodyear tires. I have been running Schwalbe G-one RX 45 and 50mm on them and I have had 0 issues and love the wheels.
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I thought there was something with the design that people were speculating led to flats regardless of tire choice.
Yea I think running anything below 45mm exposes side wall a lot since they are so wide. Might have just been those goodyear tires tho too?
Yeah, I’ve had similar experiences
De minimis for all countries going away Aug 29th.
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RIP R2, Bikeinn, Bike24
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I think the US customers of the German bike shops are a very small minority. According to a quick search they represent only a few percents of the total sales. I am sure the shops will be just fine.
RIP for us is what I meant to say… 
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Just picked this up to build up with some spare parts, pretty great deal for a fantastic bike. They do have carbon ones and some Domane frames as well.
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Just in case anyone is in the fence about these. I have the same set with a pair of ‘non official’ 45mm semi slicks mounted up to them. 2000km on everything from gravel roads to questionable single track. Zero flats 
I use an aluminum Emonda as my trainer bike. It doubles as my travel bike when needed. I’ve owned it longer than any other bike.
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Looks like it’s all gone
Probably for the best, as I was on the fence about it. I would note they had some Saturday night, then Sunday morning it was unavailable. But by Sunday afternoon they showed having 3.
The wheels are a combination they don’t sell separately, as they’re i9 hubs and 24 hole/spoke.
They also had (maybe still have) for a little less a lower spec kit with GX I think, and some DT350 with RaceFace rims.
I’m going to be looking for a trainer soon. Is REI 20% off sale usually the best deal for a kicker core?
Anybody seen some good deals on the older Crux? I don’t need UDH and figured there has to be some sales out there on the non-UDH version. Size 58, S-Works preferably.