Poor man's DIY wheelset - Newmen A.30 SL + D-light + M1 hubs 1,78kG

[borysgo2]

HI
Before I will assemble my first e-bike frame I will need some wheels. Decided to go ahead with Newmen A.30 SL rims (hookless design) as they suppose to be as strong or even stronger than DT EX511. Gave it a try and I am very happy with the result.

BOM:
- 2x A.30 SL rims
- set of ZTTO M1 hubs (aka DT240)
- 302mm Sapim D-light spokes - 30pcs (2 spares included)
- 304mm Sapim D-light spokes - 30pcs (2 spares included)
- 60 Sapim Polyax Secure Lock nipples (4 spares included)
- set of 70 MG washers - very important - ref . Newmen manual
- a bit of free time

Total cost about 330Eur
Wheels came up to about 1784g (no tape). Tires + test ride at the weekend

THX

 

[borysgo2]

So I dress the wheels up with Martell/Agarro and done about 60km over quite a rough stuff.
Wheels are damping rough surface very well, no harshness, very smooth ride. IMHO way smoother than Elite 29pro carbon wheels and definitely smoother than DT350+EX511+race spokes combo I have.
Side to side flex is very well controlled, steering is very accurate and confident. M1 hubs (6pawl) have noticeably less drag than some ratchet hubs I have. Freewheel body (6 pawls) is very loud, can be heard from the distance so the other people on the trail are well informed that I am going at speeeeed and they are moving away
I think comfort ride is related to type of the spokes used + tension ratio (maybe rimm itself too), must say this is one of the better set of wheels I had a pleasure to ride.
I am very happy from this project, highly recommended.