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DT Swiss floats new lightweight XMC 1200 carbon mountain bike wheels for climbing…and descending

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Coming in as low as 1410g for the pair, the new DT Swiss XMC 1200 mountain bike wheels will be offered in standard and boost, RS-1 front or thru axle, and sized for 27.5 and 29er.

Built around a new hookless tubeless ready carbon clincher rim, the wheels use all-new straight pull Spline hubs that are the lightest DT’s ever made. Those are connected with DT Aerolite and Aero Comp spokes to create wheels that are XC race light but durable enough for aggressive trail riding.

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DT Swiss XMC 1200 lightweight carbon trail mountain bike wheels

Called the “ultimate trail bike wheel”, the new hubs use their 36-tooth Ratchet System for quick engagement, helping you pick your way through the technical stuff and instantly accelerate everywhere else.

DT Swiss XMC 1200 lightweight carbon trail mountain bike wheels

The hookless rim is 24mm wide on the inside (roughly 30mm external), making room for healthy doses of meaty rubber while giving the tires the right shape and support.

29er claimed weights:

  • 29er front – 15mm standard – 690g
  • 29er front – 15mm boost – 695g
  • 29er front – RS-1 15/110mm – 790g
  • 29er rear – 12×142 standard – 805g
  • 29er rear – 12×148 boost – 810g

27.5″ claimed weights:

  • 27.5″ front – 15mm standard – 640g
  • 27.5″ front – 15mm boost – 645g
  • 27.5″ front – RS-1 15/110mm – 740g
  • 27.5″ rear – 12×142 standard – 770g
  • 27.5″ rear – 12×148 boost – 775g

In a breath of fresh air, the wheels come with Centerlock-to-6 Bolt brake adapters and the XD Driver Body in the box. They also include tubeless rim tape, valve stems, a wheel bag and a Centering Tool. What’s a Centering Tool? It’s basically a Shimano-compatible external BB tool that they use to tighten Centerlock rotors (or their adapter) onto the hubs. When things moved to 15mm thru axles on the front, the standard cassette lock ring tool wouldn’t fit over the thru axle end caps, so DT switched to the larger lock rings and made them work with the common BB tool instead.

These new wheels are already spec’d on the new Orbea Occam, but with much brighter stickers. They’ll likely be showing up on other flagship models as they make their formal debut at Eurobike, but aftermarket sales won’t start until about February 2016.

DTSwiss.com

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Ryan
Ryan
8 years ago

Will the rims be available separately? If so, idea on ballpark price?

scentofreason
scentofreason
8 years ago

price??

thesteve4761
thesteve4761
8 years ago

$2600. No rims available on their own. Centering Tool= Spoke Wrench.

Ryan
Ryan
8 years ago

@ thesteve,

Thanks for the follow-up info, even though it was bad news. 😉

Chsad
Chsad
8 years ago

2600 seems steep when you can get Rovals or Nox for quite a bit less with similarly awesome hubs.

bart
bart
8 years ago

they will probably have repair stock, and you could get a rim that way.

chasejj
chasejj
8 years ago

You can build a set of King ISO/Nextie Wildcat rims with DT Aerolites for half that amount. Which is why I build my own wheels.

SB
SB
8 years ago

Hahahaha…those won’t break spokes AT ALL.

Jordan P
Jordan P
8 years ago

So why are these getting specced on top build xc race bike? not exactly light in the 29er build compared to something like enve or the other carbon wheels dt already do

Tim
Tim
8 years ago

@SB- You’re right, DT Swiss, one of the most respected hub, spoke, nipple, and rim manufacturers on the timescale of multiple decades and whose products are so good that they have been relabeled by other manufacturers for years, doesn’t know how to make a wheel that stays in one piece.

Tim
Tim
8 years ago

36 engagement points is passe at this point. Even DT’s Bontrager wheels have 54 p.o.e., I wonder what prevents DT from using that system. Maybe an exclusivity agreement?

EcoRacer
EcoRacer
8 years ago

@Tim, DT chose not to use those 54Tooth ratchets on their own wheels last year because they were not convinced they are durable enough in all conditions.

On Topic, These wheels look great. Pricey… But Great.

Looking forward to all the Eurobike news!

Lancelotlink
Lancelotlink
8 years ago

I’d like to own a set.

bart
bart
8 years ago

Lower engagement allows the suspension on most bikes to be more active. The rear wheel doesn’t fight against your drive train when cycling through the travel. I don’t know about you but I have spent quite a bit of money on suspension, I want it to be as active as possible.

thesteve4761
thesteve4761
8 years ago

@Bart- I would like some of whatever you are smoking please.

vhom
vhom
8 years ago

^^^ That was pretty good.

preston
preston
8 years ago

I’ve always thought high POE was very overrated. I’ve ridden hubs with many different degrees of engagement and it never made much difference to me, and I ride as much tech as anyone.

I have a set of $1500 retail Rovals that cost me several hundred less than that from the LBS. Weight is 3 oz heavier that this wheelset but they are also 30mm iWidth. They use rebranded DT swiss hubs and have seen a ton of abuse (I weigh 190lbs) with no issues.

Pistolero
Pistolero
8 years ago

my 400€ wheelset with aluminium stans rim weights 1375g, so it is quite lighter than this setup, cheaper, and way easier to set up.

Cycling is the new golf, 3000 times…

TBest
TBest
8 years ago

Three thumbs up from me. I would love to run these. People left and right are regularly spending $2700+ on wheels (i.e. ENVE). That’s typically with a traditional classic spoke configuration. The XMC 1200 offers what ENVE rims do but with a stout straight-pull lightweight 28 spoke hub with 36T star ratchet upgrade. I would love to give these a try and would no doubt pick these first if I were building a modern day mountain bike and wanted premium wide carbon rims. Also digging external nipples although I think you might have bigger issues if you managed to knock these out of true.

On a side note I recently tweaked a DT Swiss rim that was OE on my CX bike. The customer service efficiency and overall service was exceptional with DT! I had a new rim en route to me the same day I contacted them. 2 days later back on the road.

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