Matt asked if I could build a wheelset which was stiffer than his pair of American Classic Mag300′s while keeping close to the same weight.  I knew that increasing the lateral stiffness would be no problem but the weight would be a real challenge as the magnesium rims on the Mag300′s are really light.

We settled on a pair of Tune hubs – the Mig 70 front and Mag180 rear.  We could have saved a few grams with a lighter front hub but the Tune uses large, durable bearings and that red colour was too fantastic to pass up for Matt :-)

The rims are the very light Kinlin XR-200′s; one rim was 388g, the other 391g.  Despite this staggering weight these rims are reasonably stiff and I’m finding them to be very durable.

Spokes are DT Swiss Aerolite.  The front wheel is laced 24h with the spoke heads on the inside of the flanges to increase lateral stiffness.  The rear is laced 28×2 both sides.

All up the front wheel was 584g, the rear 715g for a total of 1299 grams.  Enjoy the photos – my favorite bits are the glossy red hubs :-)

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