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Mavic X 517 Ceramic Rim
Product DescriptionMavic X 517 Ceramic
User Reviews
Submitted by
lebikerboy
a Weekend Warrior
from North Vancouver Date Reviewed: July 26, 2010 Strengths: Built up well, absolutely true. Weaknesses: None that I've discovered. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Purchased At: e-bay Similar Products Used: Lots of Mavic rims, some Sun and Wolber. Bike Setup: Rocky Mountain Blizzard with Shimano XT disk front and Magura rim brake with ceramic pads rear.
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Humpje
a Racer
from Holland Date Reviewed: December 19, 2005 Strengths: Brakes everytime, all the time. Stays quite true. Does not care about weather or conditions. Weaknesses: Noisy, especially in mud and wet sand. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Similar Products Used: none Bike Setup: heavily rebuilt Giant Terrago, XT, XTR.  
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Justin
a Weekend Warrior
from Farnham Date Reviewed: May 5, 2005 Strengths: Super rims, but main problem is that the ceramic coating wears off quickly if you ride in the sort of gritty places where you think you might actually need the Ceramic. - Is it worth the extra? Weaknesses: I use my bike only for commuting to work off road, ~ 10 miles a day. I ride in gritty Surrey Hills. The ceramic on my rims is wearing out (skid marks and small pockmarks all over them now where the alloy is showing through), after only 4 months (ie, ~ 800 miles) of gently rolling terrain. I touch my brakes for a few seconds only each day Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Anywhere in Surrey Hills Duration Product Used: 6 months Similar Products Used: Various non ceramic Mavic rims. Longest any one has lasted in our gritty area is 1 year ~ 2500 miles. (Hence last time I chose Ceramic). Bike Setup: Hardtail MTB with well set up parallel movement XT cartridge shoes. (My ceramic specific shoes wore out in the first 300 miles), so now I'm using standard XT shoes.
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Nick
a Cross Country Rider
from Plianfield, IL, USA Date Reviewed: March 12, 2005 Strengths: Stays atraight as an arrow for ever. 1800+ miles solid trails , never needed truing. Best perfoming wheelset I have ever used. Weaknesses: snow+zero braking Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Anywhere in Moab Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $100.00 Purchased At: Price point Similar Products Used: too many to list Bike Setup: Rock Mountain frame, Sram XO, Easton wherever they make the parts, Maxxis tires, fox rear, Marz Bomber front 
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Andrew Holliday
a Cross Country Rider
from Baden,Switzerland Date Reviewed: July 8, 2004 Strengths: Light, strong and really durable. After 4 years of hard and gritty use the coating on the rear rim is finally going.Probably because I use alot of trailing rear brake. Slight rim buckles haven't given me worries about the coating. My first Alu rims were paper thin after 18months. Weaknesses: Only big side impacts from rocks may chip the coating but that has only happened once and not the rims fault!! Word of warning - don't use the set up in winter snow = no stopping power from the brakes Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Purchased At: Bike Supply Germany Similar Products Used: Standard metal rims from Specialised. Bike Setup: XTR V's with XTR ceramic pads. Aluminium frame bike with all up weight of 10.5Kg. Schmolke flat bar. Rock Shock SID XC forks.
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Thomas Essick
a Racer
from Kindsbach, Germany Date Reviewed: February 24, 2004 Strengths: Stops rim sidewall wear and my Magura Ceramic pads will last for over 1 year (about 15,000km on this bike for training)! Weaknesses: As a front wheel, this rim is great. Rear wheel durability becomes an issue though. Cracks form around eyelets, separation just above the ceramic surface, and cracks develope around the inner wall between the nipple access holes. Braking is less reliable than standard rims with regular brake pads. Sometimes there seems to be no braking at all, then brake "grab" 5 seconds later. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $60.00 Purchased At: www.pro-sport-bikes.de Similar Products Used: Trek Matrix rims (the only rim I've seen crack like Mavic X517's), Vuelta, other Mavic. Bike Setup: KHS soft tail, Pace shock, everything else is LX quality to allow for "cheap" replacement as things wear out (it is just a commuter bike)
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AL Mandell
a Cross Country Rider
from Norwich, NY, USA Date Reviewed: June 9, 2003 Strengths: Good rim, great braking in the wet, wouldn't use anything else Weaknesses: None Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: FLT Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $100.00 Purchased At: Excel Similar Products Used: Bontrager Mustang Ceramic Bike Setup: Moots YBB, Avid Arch supreme, RF cranks, etc
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Jeff Hatch
a Cross Country Rider
from Guilford, CT, USA Date Reviewed: April 11, 2003 Strengths: Unbelievable resiliance-I did a 4 Ft drop and landed too far on the front wheel, taco'd it. I got it reasonbly straight on the trail and did the drop again. When i went home, somehow i got it perfectly true with all of the spokes tight. It was at least 4 inches out of true after the fall. Weaknesses: The ceramic coating slicks up and is a pain in the ass to clean. Other than that nothing. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Westwoods Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $99.00 Purchased At: Performance Bike Similar Products Used: None. Bike Setup: Cannondale caad 3 w/xtr hubs, brakes, brake levers, rear derailleur, xt front derailleur, shifters, cranks, bb, x517 rims, easton ea70 handlebar, fatty sl fork.
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Jon Winkfield
a Weekend Warrior
from Salt Lake City, UT, USA Date Reviewed: September 10, 2001 Strengths: They're light and strong. I've tread some pretty heavy terrain and had a couple of serious spills. The mavics have held their form Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Pocupine Rim, Moab Ut Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $90.00 Purchased At: Aardvarkcycles.com Bike Setup: I ride a nishiki hard-tail.
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Rico
a Cross Country Rider
from Angwin, CA 94508 Date Reviewed: August 19, 2001 Strengths: Front rim has held up just fine. Weaknesses: Braking surface doesn't seem nearly as powerful as the Bontrager ceramic coating Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Palisades Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $95.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Bontrager Valiant Ceramic Bike Setup: Santa Cruz Superlight
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Kevin
from Los Angeles Date Reviewed: August 2, 2001 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months
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Kevin
a Cross Country Rider
from Los Angeles, CA Date Reviewed: July 18, 2001 Strengths: Works well. Stays true. Looks good. Costs the same as similar products from other companies. Weaknesses: No info provided by Mavic re: maintenance. No maintenance info or customer service contact info on Mavic website. Had to figure out the brake suface cleaning thing on my own (see below). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $99.00 Purchased At: LBS Similar Products Used: Bontrager Mustangs, non-ceramic. Bike Setup: Black ceramic 517's on XTR hubs with DT 14/15g spokes and aluminum nipps. (Thanks John)
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Philipp Pischke
from NDS/Germany Date Reviewed: May 4, 2001 Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year
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joe
a Weekend Warrior
from Nottingham.England Date Reviewed: March 16, 2001 Strengths: lightweight quite durable and tough ceramic surface is awesome Weaknesses: for some reason the pads start to glaze quickly maybe i need some ceramic pads Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: anywhere Duration Product Used: 6 months Purchased At: chain reaction Similar Products Used: x517 non ceramic,f519 Bike Setup: kona hahanna,z3 m80 forks,x517 cd front,x517 cd ceramic rear both on lx hubs
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Ian
a Racer
from #Peterborough UK Date Reviewed: February 15, 2001 Strengths: Improved braking, Stronger wheels, light weight and cool looks Weaknesses: none Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $80.00 Purchased At: Woodston Cycles Similar Products Used: all mavic and sun rims Bike Setup: GT Zaskar Team, I-drive custom
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