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[Toasty]

I know the Meta would do the whole, long ride/light weight trail thing beautifully. I'm just curious if anyone has geared theirs towards this? If so, post some pics!

When installing some tubeless tyres on my hardtails XT wheelset* (the factory one, not a build) I realised they were 1.5 pounds lighter than my Meta XTs even with a decent width of tyre on and a similar width of rim. Stick a titanium railed saddle on and some monkeylite bars as well and I bet you'd be getting to about 27/28lbs?

*these are the same wheelset as the Lappiere Zesty 514 uses http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDetails.asp?productID=16111 with an XT cassette and 160mm centerlock rotors

[Steve P]

Have a look at this

http://www.commencalownersclub.com/index.php/topic,1778.msg13340.html#msg13340

What is the difference between your two wheelsets?

[steveb]

I've built them in the past down to 26.3lbs.

[damo]

I weighed mine and it came out at 31.8lbs. I've just bought to tyre which according to my homework will shave off 2.392lbs which is nice.
I;m trying to get to the 30lbs mark.

Damo

[Toasty]

The wheels are as follows (going by a decent set of gram scales):

Meta 55 XTs wheels (not completely stock)- 1895g + 2642g = 4537g

XT Hubs
Equalizer 27 Rims (19.5mm inner width)
SRAM PG970 Cassette
2.4" Nobby Nic Evo (converted tubeless with a Joes strip)
2.35" High Roller + 180g tube (not the fat one that comes with it!)
XT Skewers
Centerlock rotors (180/160)

The XM321s on the 5.5.1 come in 68g heavier per wheel than the Equalizers (for the extra 2mm width)

Hardtails - 1725g + 2088 = 3813g

XT M775 Wheelset (19mm inner width, 1721g for the pair including UST valve, excluding skewer and rotor)
XT Cassette
2.0" Specialized Captain Control 2bliss (Spesh come out big, it's wider than the 2.25" Nobby Nic it replaced, wider than the 2.1" High Rollers too)
XT Skewers
Centerlock rotors (160/160)

The Control tyres are the puncture resistant ones too, could probably use XTR rotors (90g saving) and some wider tyres and still save 1.5lbs or so. 180g or so saved with a carbon bar, 100g saved with titanium railed saddle. Must be getting near 28lbs actual weight?

"What is the difference between your two wheelsets?"

Well Pro IIs on XM719s are the same width, not tubeless, probably quite a bit stronger and ~150g heavier at a guess? Given Pro II on 4.2d come in at 1803g and aren't UST compatible. The XTs are on my hardtail so I was more aftwer light weight 

[markb923]

i just buy stuff i cant break 

[troh]

I know the Meta would do the whole, long ride/light weight trail thing beautifully. I'm just curious if anyone has geared theirs towards this? If so, post some pics!

Project ongoing. http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pqPJzuU_Evr-_Nv4sanjgUw It is hard to get under 26lbs without losing something from the original ride. It seems that wheelset would give cheapest grams at the moment; and quite a lot of grams.

[steveb]

OMG you did a spread sheet 

[troh]

OMG you did a spread sheet 

And dumped that spreadsheet to googles server. They are now analysing it and soon they sell that piece of information to some bike part dealer. And I'm gonna get personal offers... 

[markb923]

not come across anything i cant break  tbh last two rides and nothing has gone wrong. have i turned a corner !