Super wide and super sexy. There are times in life when you just don't care about light weight, pansy mountain bike rims. Like when you're staring down a fall line, psyching yourself up for riding at your limit. These are the times when a rim like the Kitsuma belongs on your bike.
Time and time again, the benefits of a wide rim have been shown. Nox has been hesitant to go this wide for a long time, since the selection of tires that work well for a rim like this were lacking, but times are changing and tires are now available which take full advantage of a beast of a rim like this. When you put on properly sized 2.35-3.0" tires on this rim, get ready to experience grip and lateral holding forces like you didn't think were possible on a mountain bike. The combination of stiffness, stability, compliance, low rolling resistance and raw grip are game changing. Note: If you are planning to run 2.1-2.3" XC tires, you will be better served with one of Nox's narrower rims.
The Kitsuma gets all of Nox's latest technology, including UniWeave construction, the Anti-Burp Bump, the strongest RockGuard Hookless bead lip they've ever made and of course their asymmetric offset design which improves spoke tension equality by more than 15%. The DH version of this rim shares the same profile but adds about 50g of material to add stiffness and structural integrity for DH style riding.
Kitsuma 29 Specifications |
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Weight Rim |
475g |
ERD |
586 |
Asymmetric Offset |
2.6mm |
Spoke Hole Drilling |
Asymmetric, 5 deg |
Max Tension |
200 kgf*** |
Depth |
30mm |
Width |
42mm external, 36mm internal |
Hole Count |
32, (others available custom order only) |
Tubeless Ready |
Yes |
Finish |
Satin Unidirectional Carbon |
Tech Features |
UniWeave™, RockGuard HL™, Anti-Burp Bump™ |
Rider Weight Limit |
none |