ALEX Toys X101 36H Shimano 8-Speed QR Rear Wheel, Silver/Silver, 700C

These are cheap wheels at a cheaper price.They are totally suitable for light duty street riding.Since I purchased them as a back up set for my Hybrid, I've gotten in to serious wheel building, having purchased a Park TS-2 truing stand and TM-1 tension meter.After checking out these wheels with my new tools, I discovered several things-Spoke tension was +/- 20%Multiple small "flat spots" around the rim. I then noticed these flat spots had a small white "X" painted next to them. Obviously, these wheels are factory rejects.However-After spending a couple hours on each with the truing stand & tension meter, I was able to get-Spoke tension +/- 5% which is VERY good.Flat spots to a very minimal amount. Not perfect, but almost as good as some much more expensive wheels I've built. Only difference being, they still had MULTIPLE spots, instead of just one at the rim joint.IF you need a cheap replacement wheel and are not "abusive", these will work.IF you know how to work on wheels, you can make them MUCH better.IF neither, look for a wheel with a double wall rim, such as a Sun Rims CR 18 for about twice the price.EDIT:These will handle a tire down to 26MM. Thinner than that would be pushing the issue IMO. Just for grins, I mounted a 23MM tire. It's narrower than the rim width by about .5MM on each side. Not good if you were to ease into a curb.I rated them a 4 because of the low price. The individual parts would cost about what the price of the complete wheel sells for.

I got this wheel to replace a 24h wheel on my Jamis Coda. Note this wheel is set up to take inner tubes with Presta valves, which the pages doesn't say. This wheel was much wider than the wheel I was replacing - it fit my 37 width tires nicely, but I would warn against trying to use them with a thin tire, I just don't see it working.This wheel felt very solid out on the road, but I can't vouch for it long term since I just installed it today.edit 7-2-11: I see somebody asked about the hub in a comment. The hub is something called a "shimano parallax S8" which I can't find info on. The hub spacing I don't know...It fit the same as my last wheels anyway, my bet would be its 130mm, but ask Jamis what Codas have. The internal width of the wheels is 20mm, which safely fits my 32 width tires but no thinner. The rims were sold on the page I think as Alex but were actually labelled XLC. I've trued once since purchase, (expected) but they seem pretty solid now.

PROS: I got this wheel to replace my Alex R500 rear wheel on my Motobecame CX Phantom after my axle got bent somehow. This wheel has a slightly less beefy rim (although wider), but the whole hub assembly is monstrous compared to my original wheel. I don't think anything I can do will bend this axle. highly recommend.CONS: Putting on my old gear cassette gave me a few issues, since at first it didn't fit. It ended up with a really tight fit, so have patience when installing.

I bought this to replace a wheel for a friend who broke his. It turned out to be as good or maybe better than his was. It came quickly and found it to be true and straight. I had it on the bike in minutes, quick fix should last a long time.

This wheel isn't the best but the price/quality ratio is hard to beat. I use this on my commuter which is always weighted down with gear. Even with a broken spoke the wheel will continue to roll long enough to reach your destination. After three breaks I opted to replace with the same. Great cheap wheel.

the wheel wss ok but only fit 7 of my 8 cogs. had to leave out smallest.

Great produt for the money