Hey everyone welcome!
When I reviewed the M1900 wheels from DT Swiss last year
I called them the best budget wheels money can buy.
Been using them on my Yeti ARC ever since with quite beefy tires and I've been quite happy with these wheels.
However if you were to buy the same in 2022 they will be slightly different and I would argue better.
So let's take a closer look at the 2022 version of these M1900 DT Swiss wheels.
And what I have here is again the M1900 this is the Center Lock 12/148 because this is the rear wheel,
and this is the 30 millimeter ID rim version of it.
And even though I ordered these as a wheelset they came in individual boxes
maybe because these wheels are fairly new.
This is the front wheel, same thing M1900, 15/ 110 this is considered to be an All Mountain wheelset, with 30 mm rims.
On the outside of the box you can see the mission of DT Swiss, I don't remember seeing this before,
but most importantly for us here is the wheel!
And right next to it we're gonna have that little manual, this is the Center Lock adapter
and a tubeless valve that they usually provide,
and right here attached to the spokes you have this user information leaflet.
And right off the bat you're going to notice that you have a bit more of a streamlined graphical elements
as opposed to the old wheel.
Just like in the past, these are Center Lock hubs.
If you like to use your IS 6-bolt rotors this adapter allows you to do that, the explanation or details are here on the back.
And here it is, the adapter, a washer and the lock ring that comes with the wheelset.
If in the past you had all those big logos on the side of the rim here and that included details about the wheelset and the rims,
with this new design you have the information on tiny stickers right here on the inside of the rim
with only M1900 being clearly visible.
That includes the minimum tire to be used with these rims, also maximum pressure for both tubed and tubeless installations
And that also includes the rim dimension which you see it here, 30.
Just like before the rim is sleeved and you can see the two pieces coming together right here
and again here on the old wheelset.
It uses rim eyelets just like before but this time they are painted black.
This is tubeless ready, comes pre-taped and I showed you the valve that is provided.
They opted for straight gauge spokes that can give you a slightly stiffer lateral wheel,
I mentioned there are 28 spokes and I assume they use brass nipples.
Spokes are connecting to this straight pull hub and even though the hub shell seems to be the same,
actually the entire hub seems to be the same, the graphical elements on it are different.
You can see this one clearly stating DT Swiss 370 which is pretty much what they've used in the past.
So aside from the new graphical elements I would say that the new front M1900 wheel is pretty much identical.
The rear wheel though is the reason why I said that this new wheelset is better than the old one.
And no, I'm not talking about the new graphic design which by the way is anodized on the hub shell
as opposed to the sticker on the old hub.
But I'm talking about the freehub type that is provided by dt swiss this time.
You can see the old 3-pawl design
whereas the new wheel set comes with what's called Ratchet LN freehub.
And this is what you get with the new Ratchet LN, it's pretty much the good old DT Swiss ratchet.
Unfortunately it comes with the 18 tooth ratchet but that can be easily upgraded.
But this Ratchet LN freehub is not identical with the old ratchet freehubs from DT Swiss.
And the big difference is here in the type of seal being used around your freehub
you can see the LN using pretty much a rubber gasket to seal the freehub and the hub shell
and that comes from the fact that they have not changed the prep of this old 370 hub shell!
And if you're thinking about moving that rubber seal from the LN freehub to the older freehubs from DT Swiss they won't fit!
So the end result is that even though you can fit the older freehubs on the 370 LN
Don't do it! Because you're not really going to have a seal here around the freehub
Last year DT actually released a Ratchet LN kit that you can use to upgrade your 370 hubs
so this is something that you can do for any of the three paul 370 dt swiss hubs that you might have.
Weight of the wheelset, you see the rear at 1075 grams
and for some reason the wheelset is about 30 grams heavier than before at 2050 grams.
The new wheelset is a bit more expensive than the old one
however the ability to run the ratchet inside here I think it makes it worthwhile.
I also like the subdued graphics and if anything
I would expect these to serve me really well just like the old 370 based wheelset did.
So once again, I'm gonna call this M1900 wheelset from DT Swiss the price champion for most of us weekend warriors.
What do you guys think? Would you be interested in riding on a wheelset like this?
Let me know in the comments below.
Let me know what you think about the new Ratchet LN from DT Swiss.
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and until next time, hope to see you folks on the trails.
Cheers guys, cheers!