crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset Reviews

Review score: 8.6/10 – Updated November, 2024

Latest Price: £674.99 (RRP: £674.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset worthy of a review score of 8.6 out of 10.

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• Features
• Quality
• Price
• Reviews
• Brand – crankbrothers
• Videos
• Summary
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crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Wheels. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset.

The first thing is material. Looking at what crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Wheels. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Wheels. Brands like crankbrothers are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Wheels category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Wheels.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £674.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Wheels

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Wheels.

We found 509 in the Wheels category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £731.16, making it below average at £674.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Wheels. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £3489.49, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £5.99.

With 509 products available we worked out that 220 cost more than crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset and 288 were cheaper.

Cost of crankbrothers products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 65 products from crankbrothers, of which 2 were in the Wheels category.

For now though we’re looking at crankbrothers branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £96.11 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest crankbrothers product we found was £5.50 and the highest price we could find from them was £674.99.

Of the 65 from crankbrothers, 0 were more expensive than crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset and 64 were cheaper.

How much are crankbrothers Wheels?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at crankbrothers products that are listed in the Wheels category.

The average price of the 2 products that match this search was £432.49, with the cheapest coming in at £189.99 and highest price was £674.99. With the average being £432.49, crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset comes in above average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset and 1 were cheaper.

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crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.5 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Wheels category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset or another similar product, like Rolf Prima Black Rock Carbon Front MTB Wheel reviews or Rolf Prima Black Rock Carbon Rear MTB Wheel reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Wheels.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Wheels. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with crankbrothers, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.6/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 25718979147
• Product ID 2: 652921UK
• Brand: crankbrothers
• Model number: CRB-16196
• RRP: £674.99
• Description: crankbrothers Opium DH MTB WheelsetSturdily built to keep you upright and unfazed as you dive downhill, this Opium wheelset by Crank Brothers gives a tough and trusted performance as you push every gravity-battling ride to the limit. Strong, stiff and speedy, each wheel maintains a hard-hitting form as you ascend to the top of the mountain and drop back down. Equipped with a 28mm internal width, each rim gives a suitable surface contactt area to provide balance and composure over the roughest routes. Durable and Dependable Downhill MTB Wheelset Specially-designed to deliver impressively low inertia by distributing mass closer to the hub, speeding up and slowing down is far more efficient and powerful as you master every route. The 6061-T6 rim construction ensures a robust and reliable experience as you tear from trail to trail while the Opium hubs provide superb support and a smooth spin, however harsh the terrain becomes. The 3-pawl, 11-speed-compatible freehub also adds an extra bit of pace and power to proceedings. The tubeless-ready, hole-free rim system also enhances the toughness of this fantastic pairing, with Boost axle sizing creating a stiffer, more responsive form when you get down and dirty. Bold and brilliant, the Crank Brothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset is a top team for tackling the most daring downhill courses. Features: Rim Material: 6061-T6, smooth weld joint with shot-peen black anodising Internal Rim Width: 28mm Rim Depth: 23.4mm Spoke Material: Sapim Stainless-Steel with Hollow 7075-T6 Aluminium nipples Hub Material: Opium, 6061-T6 Hub Bearings: Sealed cartridge, 2x 6903, 2x 6902 Hub Axle Sizing: Front: 110x20mm Boost; Rear: 12x150mm Boost Freehub: 3-pawl, 21T, alloy, 11-speed HG mountain-style cassette compatible Tubeless-Ready: Yes Weight: 2175g Buy Crank Brothers Wheels & Tyres from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Wheels
• Size: 29″
• Unisex
• 0
• Adult

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Other options for Wheels

As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Wheels. 509 in fact.

A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching crankbrothers Opium DH MTB Wheelset included,
NS Bikes Enigma Rock MTB Wheelset reviews, NS Bikes Enigma Roll Boost Enduro MTB Wheelset 2019 reviews, or we really liked the look of NS Bikes Enigma Roll MTB Wheelset 2019 reviews as another alternative.