Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset Reviews

Review score: 9.5/10 – Updated May, 2024

Latest Price: £1104.99 (RRP: £1099.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset worthy of a review score of 9.5 out of 10.

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Sector 9i Carbon 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 Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Sector 9i Carbon 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 Sector 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 Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Sector 9i Carbon 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 Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £1104.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.1 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 above average at £1104.99.

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 125 cost more than Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset and 383 were cheaper.

Cost of Sector products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 17 products from Sector, of which 5 were in the Wheels category.

For now though we’re looking at Sector branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £475.28 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Sector product we found was £59.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £1104.99.

Of the 17 from Sector, 0 were more expensive than Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset and 16 were cheaper.

How much are Sector Wheels?

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

The average price of the 5 products that match this search was £804.99, with the cheapest coming in at £374.99 and highest price was £1104.99. With the average being £804.99, Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset comes in above average.

0 products that meet this search were more expensive than Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset and 4 were cheaper.

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Sector 9i Carbon 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 Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.8 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 Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset or another similar product, like Sector GCi Carbon Gravel Wheelset reviews or Smart Polaris 3 LED Front Light 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 Sector, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Sector 9i Carbon MTB Wheelset reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Sector 9i Carbon 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 9.5/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 26849813679
• Product ID 2: 803359UK
• Brand: Sector
• Model number: S-WC-9-INNEGRA-XD
• RRP: £1099.99
• EAN: 5055308122850
• Description: Sector 9i Carbon MTB WheelsetDesigned for shredding the trails with your friends and exploring new off-road routes on your own, this carbon MTB wheelset is engineered for maximum performance. It features a hard-wearing unidirectional carbon fibre rim construction, which allows you to benefit from its fantastic strength without adding any unnecessary weight to your ride. Sector has taken this model’s design a step further by also integrating TeXtreme Innegra into the layup of the rims. This gives it 75% more impact resistance than standard carbon rims of the same profile. The 9i MTB wheels are significantly more resistant to wear and tear and less prone to catastrophic failure.So what is Innegra?Innegra is a fibre derived from polypropylene that exhibits some highly beneficial properties, including high strength-to-weight ratio, resistance to damage, vibration damping and energy dissipation. The TexTreme fabric used in the layup of 9i rim is a Spread Tow fabric built from a hybrid of Innegra and T700 carbon fibres.The Spread Tow layout is significant because it also contributes some positive attributes – the fibres are straighter (reduced crimp therefore higher strength) and it facilitates the use of less resin (lower weight). In the 9i rim the Spread Tow fabric is used on the outer layer of the rim, giving it the unique checkerboard pattern.Sounds good, but what does that mean for a rim? Significantly more compliance…Under a lab test the 9i rim was 50% more vertically compliant than a unidirectional T700 carbon rim of the same profile. This test involves loading the rim with a 100kg weight, in which the 9i rim exhibited a deflection of 15.74mm compared to 10.55mm on the standard T700 rim. It is widely acknowledged that vertical compliance is important for damage reduction (less likely to crack), a reduction of fatigue and to improve traction. Such an improvement in vertical compliance also brings a radically improved ride quality to the 9i wheelset.The Innegra equipped rims do not have the associated harsh stiffness of regular carbon wheels. Significantly more impact resistance…In the lab the 9i rim was able to handle impacts of almost double the standard required for MTB wheels by the UCI. The 9i rim withstood an impact of 140J compared the UCI stipulated requirement of an 80J impact, making it 75% stronger than the UCI requirements.In real world terms, the 9i rim can handle the equivalent of dropping a 15kg weight from a height of up to 1.08 metres onto the bare rim, thus making it 18% stronger than a recognised leading competitor who has published their data. Much less weight…Despite offering strength and compliance advantages, the use of Innegra also allows the construction of an extremely lightweight rim. The Innegra equipped 9i rim weighs just 428g (29‚Äù), and the complete wheelset weighs just 1690g. What about the rest of the wheel?Every detail of Sector’s wheel builds is carefully considered, from the super smooth Revo Cream bearings to the straight pull triple butted Pillar spokes.Features: Rim Material: T-700 Unidirectional Carbon Fibre; Outer layer: TeXtreme Plain Weave Spread Tow Carbon Fibre and Innegra S Hybrid Wheel Size: 29″ Use: MTB Spokes / Type: Pillar 2016 TB / Straight Pull Nipples: Pillar Black Brass DSN Hub Rotor Fitment: Centrelock Freehub: 6 Pawl (Shimano or SRAM XD options available to select) Hole Count: 28h ERD: 591mm Rim Width: (Internal) 29mm | (External) 35mm Rim Depth: 25mm Tubeless: Yes Single or Pair: Pair End Caps: (Front) 110x15mm / (Rear) 148x12mm Extras: Tubeless Sealant, Valves and Tape Weight: 1650gBuy Sector Wheels & Tyres from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Wheels
• Size: SRAM XD
• Unisex
• -5
• Adult

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