Goldigger - Member
The reason why I don't think crests are the answer is I'm 95kg naked and not the smoothest graceful rider.
Some of the hits I've encountered on my anthem I don't know how the 719's haven't buckled..
But, they haven't, which is the important thing. Most folks underestimate the strength of wheels, or think that because they dinged them on a rock the whole wheel's likely to fail. The crest isn't the strongest rim in the world but it's no shrinking violet either.
Bikes are just the sum of their parts, Anthems are brilliant but your choice of tyres says as much too, if you fit really burly wheels you'll just be making something else a weaker link.
IMO of course
Oh, 821 weights- we need to see what they actually weigh as Mavic claimed weights can't be trusted, the published weights don't include the ferrule things required to build the wheel. But if they don't weigh more than the 819 I'll be amazed.