Hunts ever-expanding wheel range now includes an Enduro focused carbon wheelset for the gravity rider looking for strength combined with carbon precision. Front and rear-specific, the All-Mountain Carbon H_Impact claims to be responsive, compliant and incredibly strong, all at the same time! What it doesn't claim to have is a particularly snappy moniker.To get more news about carbon mtb rim, you can visit zpebicycle.com official website.

Getting right to the point, the crucial selling point of this pair of hoops is the £789 and a lifetime crash replacement policy. That's right; you break them, Hunt will fix or replace them. There are a couple of caveats, that it needs to be the original owner and only used on single crown forks, but other than that it's pretty simple. Their confidence is based on extensive testing and settling on a rim that their test team couldn't break.

The Wheelset in 29er weighs 1878g and has a 28mm internal width which is perhaps a couple of mm narrow from the trend but will hold tyres up to 2.5 inches. The wheels come delivered with an individually signed off swing tag with the name of the wheel builder and have a high quality feel to them despite being significantly cheaper than most other carbon wheelsets. They come with a bunch of spare spokes, a spoke key and are taped ready for tubeless with tubeless valves.Durability is front and centre for Hunt, and they use a unidirectional T24/30 carbon with reinforced spoke holes and extra-thick sidewalls. There is also the addition of 'V: Absorb' resin which is claimed to reduce vibrations in the wheel.

Hunts Rapid Engage hubs have a 3-degree engagement and large double-sealed bearings to keep things running smoothly. These are built onto the rims with classic J bend spokes, which are triple butted and number 28 upfront and 32 outback.

Wheels are offered in 29 and 27.5 options, both of which are boost only. Freehub options include Sram XD driver or Shimano (including MicroSpline), and 6 bolt rotors are the only option.As with any modern wheelset, I would expect tubeless set up to be easy, and the Hunt All-Mountain Carbon H_Impact's follow this trend. Tyres popped on quickly with a track pump, but one wheel leaked a little through the tape and needed an extra wrap of tape to make it happy. Other than sliding on some rotors and a cassette, the wheel swap was simple and easy to achieve.

For the test, I swapped out some stock wheels from a great bike that needed a little extra spark. I presumed the spark was there, but the bike's wheels were just letting it down a little. Wheels can sometimes have a transformational effect on a bike, and this was most certainly one of those times.

Most notably, the wheels are stiff, well built and precise. The change from a heavy, slack built wheelset is night and day; the increase in power transfer feels like you've just powered up Mario-Kart-style. Despite being an all-mountain wheelset aiming to be highly robust, my first impressions were mostly centred around the better acceleration and precision they offered me.