Pros: Very strong & take a beating. They look good in black as Madd mentioned. Solid wheels

Cons: Yeah, they are a bit heavier than XC wheels, but hey, that's why they are called Dual Duty FR wheels....LOL

Recommendation: These are very strong wheels that have taken a beating beyond what some of my DH wheels have taken. They are very solid and the Heavy Duty LaserDisc hubs that came with it are awesome and don't miss a beat. Five seasons on the first pair (which I still have) and just starting on a new pair.

Pros: Strong.
REALLY strong.
They Look good in all black.


Cons: Heavy.
The hubs mine came built with are crap.
Can be hard to mount some tires on them.

Recommendation: I'm fairly heavy and I don't want to be truing my wheels all the time so I bought these to be rugged, not light. That is exactly what they are.

After two seasons of hard riding, the front is still true and the rear just barely needs truing.

Pros: I have a set of these on one of my FR bikes and they are bomb proof. They take big hits off of 20' plus drops & anything else you can throw at them. Have not had any warping or problems in the year I have used them so far.

Cons: None yet! A little on the heavy side, but that is expected for these kind of rims.

Recommendation: If you want a bomb proof set of rims, these are the ones. They take a lot of abuse and keep rolling strong.