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All-new Niner XC, Trail Carbon wheels use Stan’s Bead Socket tech, tease Boost spacing

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2015 Niner XC Carbon mountain bike wheels

Let’s be honest, if we were going to purchase a set of Niner carbon wheels, chances are preeeetty good they’re going on a Niner bike. So if Niner were to offer Boost spacing on their wheels, we’d venture to guess a bike couldn’t be far behind. And they’re offering their latest hoops with both standard and Boost hub spacing.

The new Niner XC Carbon wheels are a major update from the originals. They have wider rims, Stan’s proven Bead Socket Technology tubeless design and 28 Sandvik stainless steel straight pull spokes front and rear. Yes, those low spoke counts mean they’re optimized for cross country, but the 30mm wide, 30mm tall carbon rims and Boost hub spacing should make them plenty stiff. Inside width is 24mm, giving them plenty of volume for larger tires and lower pressures…

2015 Niner XC Carbon mountain bike wheels

The rims use an offset drilling to maintain even spoke tension on either side of the wheel

2015 Niner XC Carbon mountain bike wheels 2015 Niner XC Carbon mountain bike wheels

Hubs are minimal and ship with a standard Shimano 9/10/11 freehub. An XD Driver body is available separately. They have 21 points of engagement, resulting in 17º of rotation between clicks.

2015 Niner XC Carbon mountain bike wheels

The front is available in either 15×110 Boost or 15×110 RS-1 hub formats. The rear comes in both 12×142 standard and 12×148 Boost. Retail for the set ranges $1,400 to $1,550 depending on which front hub you choose, and you can mix and match any front or rear to create your wheelset.

2015 Niner TR Carbon trail mountain bike wheels

Need something bigger? The new Niner TR Carbon wheels spread to a massive 41mm wide (35mm internal) with the same 30mm depth. The rims also use Stan’s BST design and both wheelsets come with tubeless rim tape and valve stems.

2015 Niner TR Carbon trail mountain bike wheels

These, however, stick with the standard rear 12×142 rear hub spacing, but are only offered with 15×110 Boost front hubs. They’re laced with 32 of the same Sandvik butted straight pull spokes and retail for $1,400.

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Groghunter
Groghunter
9 years ago

You forgot to mention what wheelsizes they’re available in. XD

Mike
Mike
9 years ago

“They have 21 points of engagement, resulting in 17º of rotation between clicks.”

Really? Is that accurate? That seems pretty coarse for a $1500 wheelset.

Ceejay
Ceejay
9 years ago

Guys… you posted the new DT Swiss wheels again.

Steve
9 years ago

The TR wheels look to have J-bend spokes not straight pull.

Rp
Rp
9 years ago

I’m with Mike. Seems like it should have better engagement that that.

pfs
pfs
9 years ago

As someone that has 3 sets of king hubs and some I9 hubs, I’m not convinced that you need super high engagement for XC/trail wheels. I like higher engagement for SS but for everything else I think its overkill.

Steve
9 years ago

So the TR wheels are $50 less than the Ibis 941 wheels (which have the same rim width) but 82g and the IBIS wheels come with a proven DT rear hub.

Or you could save $700 and get the Easton Heist 30 wheels which are narrower (30mm internal) and 30g heavier, and very similar hubs.

I don’t really see the value here.

charango
charango
9 years ago

Hopefully these are better than their first attempt at wheels. The stocked niner wheels on the rlt9 are awful. They flex so much that the spokes can touch the disc caliper.

Groghunter
Groghunter
9 years ago

@Steve

Cause they say NINER on ’em. so you can be all match-ey!

Ceejay
Ceejay
9 years ago

@Steve

Look closer at the 3rd and 4th pics: those are straight pulls too.

Lancelotlink
Lancelotlink
9 years ago

Seems ridiculous that the wider model isn’t available in Boost for the rear.

Mike
Mike
9 years ago

@pfs

I agree higher engagement is more important for SS than XC (or road where I couldn’t care less about engagement), but I’ve dealt with enough rocks and technical climbs to like things a little tighter than 17 degrees. My old Mavic wheels were annoying (also 17 degrees). They kept clanging about when I had to pause mid stroke to clear something with a pedal. *shrug* YMMV.

Steve
9 years ago

@Ceejay, the 3 and 4 picts are the XC wheels which are straight pull, the TR wheels don’t have good shots of the hub but if you go to the niner site you can see they are J-bend not straight pull.

docbraunson
docbraunson
9 years ago

You only need 17 degrees because 29ers are sooooo amazing at rolling you never need to back pedal or pause just keep pedaling and the wheels do all the work for you!!! just kidding seems a little dare i say cheap though. I get that they are not custom enve/chris king wheels but c’mon maybe we dont NEED 72 POE but it is a lot nicer than 21….a lot.

vincent
vincent
9 years ago

Niner’s site is listing 148 rear spacing on the WFO9 with these new wheels. Is that a typo?

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