Reynolds Announces ‘Trail Rated’ Carbon Wheels
Press Release: Reynolds
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The newly released TR S carbon rim wheels from Reynolds combine the flawless ride quality they're known for and the durability you've come to expect. No matter your budget, wheels will still be the most important upgrade you make to your bike.
Reynolds ambassador Eric Porter and product manager Todd Tanner spent time ride testing the new TR S wheels on their home trails in Utah. Porter has earnest ted a reputation for himself as a mountain biker for a number of years and is a rider most will recognize, but Tanner will likely slip under the radar of the younger crowd.
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Tanner is a former downhill racer from the early years of the World Cup circuit, and it shows. He definitely knows how to handle a bike, and moreover knows how they should perform. Now he puts his years of race driven product testing experience to good use refining the ride feel and overall ride performance of Reynolds mountain wheels, including the new TR S wheels.
![The TR S rims provide excellent tire fitment and traction with dimension ideally suited to modern trail tires.]()
The asymmetric carbon rims even out spoke tension for a more durable and predictable ride. The 30mm internal rim width provides excellent tire fit and provides additional air volume for superior ride quality and traction.
![TR S Wheels are available in a variety of colors and come with a 30-day customer satisfaction guarantee and lifetime warranty.]()
The TR 309 S is the 29er version and the TR 307 S is the 27.5 version. Both are offered in a range of colors to match your bike and come with both a 30-day customer satisfaction guarantee and a lifetime warranty.
Other features include Reynolds' new TR6 100% CNC'd center lock disc mountain hub with 6-pawl construction and 5 degree engagement. Both versions are laced with 28 straight-pull spokes front and rear lending to the wheels' quick acceleration and snap out of corners. The TR 309 S weighs in at 1635 grams while the TR 307 S tips the scales at just 1560 grams.
For more information, visit the Reynolds website.
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The newly released TR S carbon rim wheels from Reynolds combine the flawless ride quality they're known for and the durability you've come to expect. No matter your budget, wheels will still be the most important upgrade you make to your bike.
Reynolds ambassador Eric Porter and product manager Todd Tanner spent time ride testing the new TR S wheels on their home trails in Utah. Porter has earnest ted a reputation for himself as a mountain biker for a number of years and is a rider most will recognize, but Tanner will likely slip under the radar of the younger crowd.
Tanner is a former downhill racer from the early years of the World Cup circuit, and it shows. He definitely knows how to handle a bike, and moreover knows how they should perform. Now he puts his years of race driven product testing experience to good use refining the ride feel and overall ride performance of Reynolds mountain wheels, including the new TR S wheels.
The asymmetric carbon rims even out spoke tension for a more durable and predictable ride. The 30mm internal rim width provides excellent tire fit and provides additional air volume for superior ride quality and traction.
The TR 309 S is the 29er version and the TR 307 S is the 27.5 version. Both are offered in a range of colors to match your bike and come with both a 30-day customer satisfaction guarantee and a lifetime warranty.
Other features include Reynolds' new TR6 100% CNC'd center lock disc mountain hub with 6-pawl construction and 5 degree engagement. Both versions are laced with 28 straight-pull spokes front and rear lending to the wheels' quick acceleration and snap out of corners. The TR 309 S weighs in at 1635 grams while the TR 307 S tips the scales at just 1560 grams.
For more information, visit the Reynolds website.
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They cost more for the consumer but cost less for the manufacturer to produce ($$), they don't last as long as other materials, and they're non-recyclable so they end up in the ocean... am I missing something!?
Just remember "your" mechanic has other customers and jobs that need doing. He may have had the rim arrive in store but then has to schedule time to rebuild your wheel around other customers/clients repairs etc.
Back when I rode aluminum hoops I would be constantly flat spotting, putting wheels out of true and outright destroying wheels. I'm heavy ( 200 lbs) and a fairly aggressive rider thats hard on wheels. If you're lighter you likely don't have that issue.
I true my carbon hoops about once a year. Thats the only reason I ride them.
1. Aluminum rims have much more lateral flex than carbon
2. Carbon damps the trail chatter much better than aluminum
3 Carbon is WAY more durable than aluminum. I have run both setups, I have have not broken a carbon rim in over 12
months. Aluminum would not hold air in a tubeless setup after 30-45 days. This was running the exact same air
pressure/tires and riding the same terrain.
4. Carbon can hide internal cracks which then show up as failures after relatively small impacts. This was a much bigger
problem with older designs. As I stated before I have not cracked a carbon rim in over a year after breaking one about
every six months previously,
5. Carbon rims are about 2x the cost of aluminum at the lower end. LB's are $185 per rim and a decent aluminum about
$80.
If you don't like or don't want to spend the money then fine, but obviously there is a pretty decent value proposition based on the number of new wheels coming out
1. This is definitely true of lightweight XC wheels, but there isn't a difference for heavier duty wheels IME.
2. I've had the opposite experience.
3. Carbon maybe stronger, but a dented alloy rim can still get you through the weekend/trip/race, while you're done with a cracked carbon wheel, plus most sidewall dents can be bent back into place with alloy rims.
TBH I don't see how Reynolds and Enve are going to survive unless they change their business models. They are going to have to start offering lower priced options, like this, to compete and $1600 for wheels with a lifetime warranty, high engagement hubs, and carbon hoops is not unreasonable compared to what they charge for some of their others. That's similar to Santa Cruz and it's not that far from what you can build yourself with decent hubs and mid level carbon hoops.
Why people continue to pay >$2k for a carbon wheelset is beyond me, especially with We Are One doing domestic builds on the rims and wheels for significantly less. It's good to see Reynolds changing their options to meet more appropriate pricing, hopefully Enve starts to do the same soon.
Time to go clean some teeth...
Put it this way: what will ride better, $1000 of suspension and $500 of wheels or $500 of suspension and $1000 of wheels? Thought so....
Or some random wheels you can order on alibaba, incl. your own choice of brand stickers.
Reynolds TR S
Some other wheel brand is gonna make a TR-S
Warranty Department "It appears there was a rock on the trail you rode, nothing we can do"
What if the rim cracks during a normal ride?
The lifetime warranty covers the wheels when used for their intended purpose. Any wheels that fail while being used for their intended purpose are covered under the Reynolds lifetime warranty. The warranty does not cover abuse.
• Intended use: Enduro = Enduro, ATR = Gravel, Aero = Road, etc.
• Abuse: Aero ≠ Enduro, RZR ≠ ATR…. you get it.
• Crashes, intentional neglect, lack of maintenance is considered abuse. An example of abuse would be getting a flat tire and continuing to ride on the rim.
A carbon rim failure will likely cause a crash.
@nick1957 With all the machining and the thickness of the hub for threading centerlock, I could be wrong..But as a bikeshop manager for 22 years I can't remember handling a centerlock hub that is as light as a good quality 6 bolt hub. But then again, I never had a XTR centerlock in my hand so not positive.
Bike shop manager for 22 years and never had a XTR hub in your hand?
What kind of shop? You only sale kids and roadbikes?
And DT Swiss also makes awesome CL hubs it's called the 240, look em up!
About weights front DT swiss 240s 6 hole hub weights 147g plus 6 bolts 13g = 160g , CL hub is 129g plus adapter is 29 grams = 158g.
Shimano rotors got issuses with rivets getting loose, like other 2 piece rotors on the market and Ice tech rotor bent easily and actually you shouldn't straighten them after cause it can make damage to steel aluminum sandwich material that they are made of.
nice info, cheers
I've owned a carbon Dh race bike and will never buy anything carbon again..
Except for helmets :-)
Haha, I own 2 sets of mtb & 2 sets of road wheelsets from Reynolds. Night & day on how they differ from aluminum & your right, they take a massive beating and still hold up.
4 sets?! Holy crap, you must be a dentist! Nope, just a skilled craftsman that likes the better things in life. Poverty must suck.
Oh yeah, Todd Tanner won the first ever X-Games MTB race. YouTube it, it's pretty cool. That was also Suzy Kolbers first gig with ESPN.
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Get a job & stop bitching.
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Reynolds, lifetime warranty*
Big difference. Not worth dealing with asterisks at the $1,500 price point. Also, huge marketing fail to claim lifetime warranty proceeded by a laundry list of exemptions.
I say the gains are all in your ...Mind.
And by the way I'm not a dentist -- but I did staying a Hotel 6 the other night