Submitted by
Jim
a Cross Country Rider
from Bend, OR. USA Date Reviewed: October 2, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Mrazek, Happy Valley, Flagline
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Purchased At:
Hutch`s
Strengths:
Durable
Weaknesses:
None that I`ve found
Similar Products Used:
FSA, Bontrager, etc.
Bike Setup:
Mildly customized Giant NRS2
Bottom Line:
I`ve ridden these wheels pretty hard (a relative term for moutain bikers) for five years and they`ve held up just great. They`ve survived several crashes and come through better than I have.
They get me out and back. What more can I ask for?
They`re a good servicable rim for the money
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Submitted by
radiomog
a Cross Country Rider
from Colorado Date Reviewed: September 18, 2009
Favorite Trail:
local stuff
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Purchased At:
REI
Strengths:
haven't had any problems what so ever
Weaknesses:
none that I know of.
Similar Products Used:
OEM
Bike Setup:
06 Prophet
Bottom Line:
OEM equipment on my 06 Prophet. No problems with them what so ever, they have remained true since day 1. While I'm not a hard core biker, I'm no girly man and like to push myself, I've thrown a lot of stuff at this bike and have not had any problems.
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Submitted by
bruised and pissed
a Weekend Warrior
from London Ontario Date Reviewed: July 2, 2009
Favorite Trail:
Boler
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
Local Bike Store
Strengths:
They LOOK like Carbon
Weaknesses:
They are weak and soft and it doesnt take much to break them.
Bike Setup:
Norco Fluid 2.0
Bottom Line:
These rims almost cost me my life.
On a downhill ride I got about 70% of the way down the hill that Ive gone down a ton of times before on my old bike and I hear a PING noise.
Next thing I know Im waking up on the ground with a rim that is snapped at the seam.
I shattered my Helmet and wrecked the handlebars on my bike and it was only cause of these rims breaking.
I dont know what Norco was thinking putting these on an All Mountain Bike but they are a safety hazzard - Im not a extreme rider and I dont do jumps, Im just in it for the workout (Im 5'10 and 185lbs)
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Submitted by
Pablo X
a Cross Country Rider
from MEXICO Date Reviewed: October 22, 2008
Favorite Trail:
SLP
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Purchased At:
came with bike
Strengths:
great handling,resistant for x-country use, 32h,nice looking , great entry level mavics
Weaknesses:
little heavy
Similar Products Used:
Sunn , Mavic crossland, Vuelta.
Bike Setup:
Hayes GX2 disk brakes, michelin+ country trail tires
Bottom Line:
This rims came with my BH expert mtb, I thought they wont last too long,but a year from now they still working fine,I´m surprised!
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Submitted by
Mike Sweum
a Racer
from Sioux City,IA Date Reviewed: September 14, 2008
Favorite Trail:
Ponca state park
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Purchased At:
Spoke n Sport
Strengths:
Solid,fairly lightweight and dependable
Weaknesses:
Weight if thats a major concern to ya
Similar Products Used:
Sun rims and other mavics
Bike Setup:
F600 Cannondale with lots of nice stuff,hardly stock.
Bottom Line:
I have replaced alot of stuff on this Cannondale since I bought it.This wheelset is just to damn dependable and I ride really hard. I would recommend them.
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Submitted by
nightbike..
a Weekend Warrior
from Cassovia, Slovakia Date Reviewed: May 28, 2008
Favorite Trail:
all around
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Strengths:
pretty neat looks
Weaknesses:
one second day ride I hit the curb with rear wheel pretty hard, but not that hard. Well the rims is not as perfect it was before.
Similar Products Used:
classic aluminum rim (absorbed even harder hits better )
Bike Setup:
Apache Blackhawk - stock so far (www.apache-bike.cz) sold only in CZ and around I quess
Bottom Line:
I was expecting more from these rims, as a starter they are fine but i don't recommend them..
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Submitted by
Zomb1e
a Cross Country Rider
from St-Petersburg, Russia Date Reviewed: January 16, 2008
Mavic's advertisement wasn't wrong - this is really one of the best rims for the money (I paid $60 for the whole front wheel on Deore hub). It is light enough, but not the lightest - hmm, what do you want for that price? I used it on my front wheel with 6" disc for about 4000 km, including XC and adventure races and have no problems at all - the rim is still true. 4 chili value due to weight, 5 chili overall.
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Submitted by
James Fedosov
a Weekend Warrior
from St. Catharines Date Reviewed: July 15, 2007
Favorite Trail:
anything, literally.
Duration Product Used:
1 Year
Purchased At:
Liberty! Bikes
Strengths:
Pretty strong, came on a cross country bike (cannondale F800) which i have taken on terrain definantly not meant for the wheels or bike, and they held up fine, nothing wrong with any of the wheel, have ridden them to a few race wins.
Weaknesses:
a little on the heavy side, but im definantly not a weight weenie.
Bike Setup:
Cannondale F800, mavic 117s, FSA v-drive cranks, Full LX, XT.
Bottom Line:
excellent rims for fairly cheap.
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Submitted by
nh
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from Australia Date Reviewed: October 5, 2006
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Purchased At:
OEM
Strengths:
Light
Weaknesses:
Too soft, flat spot easily
Similar Products Used:
Mavic 719
Bike Setup:
2006 Trance 3
Bottom Line:
On trails that use the full 4 inch travel on the Trance these rims are too soft. Buckeled very quickely and then got a flat spot.
Consider a better quality rim eg Mavic 719
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Submitted by
Owen
a Cross Country Rider
from Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Date Reviewed: August 20, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Any fast singletrack
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Price Paid:
$135.00
Strengths:
Very strong rim, ceramic brake surface provides excellent wet/mud breaking. Absolutely beautiful looks with the CD surface treatment and laser etched Mavic logo.
Weaknesses:
The ceramic coating does tend to chip if anything dings the side of the rim.
Similar Products Used:
Mavic Cross Ride, Rhyno lite, etc...
Bike Setup:
Kona Kula Delux
Bottom Line:
I think some of the more recent posts about this rim are people confusing this older rim style, for the 2006 ultra cheap mavic 117 rims. The older 117 SUP Ceramic (pre 2000) rim used to be Mavic's best rim, the new (2006) rim is a cheap OEM junker designed to get bikes through their first year of riding. A new section should be setup for the cheaper OEM 117 rims. The old 117 rims are about as good as it gets, all the performance of the modern XC 717 Ceramic, with better looks and much lower cost (if you can find them).
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Submitted by
Shai
a Weekend Warrior
from Nesher, Israel Date Reviewed: May 26, 2006
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
Speed Ofan
Strengths:
Survivied the first ride
Weaknesses:
But severely bent at the second ride. Became useless from zero velocity fall. The stress on the rim was very low during the fall, and I was amazed how destructive it was. My former Giant suffered plenty of much harder stresses on the rim, without even a sign for bending.
Similar Products Used:
Alex ace-18
Bike Setup:
Stock Cannondale Prophet 600
Bottom Line:
Definitely not recommended for purchacing, and a BIG question mark why Cannondale put unsuitable rim on the Prophet.
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Submitted by
Alexandre Direitinho
a Cross Country Rider
from Setúbal, Portugal Date Reviewed: May 24, 2006
Favorite Trail:
Moinhos, Barris
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Strengths:
Lightweight cheap
Weaknesses:
Very weak, bent them seriously on the first ride, a soft cross country hop mostly sand and tarmac.
Similar Products Used:
Mach tequilla
Bike Setup:
Cannondale Rush 600
Bottom Line:
Dont buy these rims, you'll just end up buying a new set next week... If it comes stock try an negociate with the dealer for a different set.
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Submitted by
Choco Mocco
a
from Austria Date Reviewed: April 19, 2006
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Purchased At:
OEM
Strengths:
Very Strong, does not bend, light is great.
Weaknesses:
none so far
Bike Setup:
I dont use them on a bike, i use them on my push trailer.
Bottom Line:
Basically if these come OEM with the wheels on your trailer then they will be very strong when towing a heavy load...
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Submitted by
Dj'r
a
from USA Date Reviewed: April 12, 2006
Duration Product Used:
Less than 1 month
Purchased At:
Stock OEM
Strengths:
They are 'light'...look good...thats all.
Weaknesses:
Are WEAK, do not hold up, i destroyed them on my first ride. DO NOT buy them unless they come stock OEM on your bike. Buy a higher end mavics like Xc 717, MX 727 etc..
Similar Products Used:
none
Bike Setup:
none
Bottom Line:
Dont bother.
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Submitted by
Jason
a Weekend Warrior
from San Jose, CA Date Reviewed: May 22, 2005
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Strengths:
Pretty cheap to buy and typical Mavic product.
Weaknesses:
Not as strong as I need... I taco'd my front on a rocky technical area.
Similar Products Used:
Ritchey, Mavic, Sun
Bike Setup:
Giant VT3
Bottom Line:
This was a standard issue rim with my Vt3.
Not a bad rim and pretty easy to spin. I weigh in at about 195 and when headed down a pretty technical area (rocky, steps, roots) with some speed - the rim flexed sideways and that was all she wrote.
It does the job intended and stayed true, but beware -it will taco if you ride a bit agressively.
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Submitted by
Remi Parent
a Cross Country Rider
from Canada NB Date Reviewed: May 29, 2004
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Strengths:
Very durbable! Strong, made for racing and heavy riding!
Weaknesses:
None
Bottom Line:
I've had those rims replaced by some cheap ones long time ago and still have them today. Although I haven't done much intense riding in the last years, I can say that those rims are pretty tough. I weight only 150 lbs but these rims took a lot of abuse and will take another year of abuse this year as I am going to be racing this year again.
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Submitted by
dinky dedlybuu
a Cross Country Rider
from Portugal Date Reviewed: July 1, 2003
Favorite Trail:
Fontelo
Duration Product Used:
6 months
Price Paid:
$20.00
Purchased At:
Viseu
Strengths:
very very strong it lock like its made for war!!
Weaknesses:
none (pelo menos até agora) <---- that´s was a litle of portuguese text
Similar Products Used:
none(aluminio de tacho)
Bike Setup:
team adventure sis componentes with a marzocchi bomber mxc 2003
Bottom Line:
hello i´m portugueese and i am sorry because i had dificult in speling inglish...
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Submitted by
Bill Coulam
a Weekend Warrior
from Littleton Date Reviewed: April 5, 2003
I had these laced to some double-butted spokes and some custom carbon-fiber hubs back in '93. I used to race. I've ridden these puppies for 10 years over everything from San Francisco, to Utah, to Colorado. I have not had to true them even once! I am a light rider (145 lbs) and tend to be cautious on the downhill, but they've still been through plenty of abuse, baby-head fields, endos and other wreck styles, etc. It's fun taking my bike in for a performance tune every once in a while. They usually discount the tune-up since they never have to true. Hope they continue to hold 'cause I don't think I can still find a pair. I'd give them 10 flaming turds if the system would let me!
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Submitted by
Steve
a Weekend Warrior
from pottstown Date Reviewed: October 24, 2001
Favorite Trail:
anything wtih dirt on it
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Purchased At:
came with bike
Strengths:
very nice, match bike, STRONG, great braking surface
Weaknesses:
the f'ing rim just had a little dent in it one day, and the next week, it blew out from a huge crack, kinda my fault for overriding it though, there about 5 or 6 years old
Similar Products Used:
mostly mavic, bontreager or however thats spelled
Bike Setup:
Sweet arse cannondale, fully customized to my liking
Bottom Line:
By these rims if you can still find them, they're really strong and durable, and they'll last you a while if u take care of them. I've had them for a while and the only reason i have to say good bye to them is becuase of the huge crack down the side of them, and im lucky that happened cause my tire just gave way. only 4 poo's cause they cracked, they were nice rims too, damn.
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Submitted by
Dave
a Weekend Warrior
from Brisbane Date Reviewed: July 13, 2000
Favorite Trail:
Ians trail - Bunya
Duration Product Used:
More than 3 years
Strengths:
STRONG, very old (7 years and minimal truing), ceramic coating - excellent braking (1 finger endos with cantis)
Weaknesses:
Almost worn out - need to find something as good
Similar Products Used:
121, bontranger (yuk alloy brake surface)
Bike Setup:
Santa Cruz Heckler , XTR
Bottom Line:
Massively strong (serious frontal impacts - me hurt, rims fine), takes 2.3 Tioga DH's no probs
Ceramic, ceramic, ceramic, I shall never buy a non ceramic rim! Almost outlasted the bike!
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Submitted by
George s.
a Cross Country Rider
from Salty Lake City Date Reviewed: June 19, 2000
Favorite Trail:
millcreek pipeline trail
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Strengths:
strong, the brake surface doesn't become as dirty, or covered with drake dust as easily. I got two of them for $ 12. double wall construction.
Weaknesses:
a little heavy, just drink diet Coke, instead of regular Coke.
Similar Products Used:
bontrager maverick, and 221.
Bike Setup:
Gary Fisher Hoo Koo E koo, race face cranks, cane creek goodies.
Bottom Line:
These are good replacement for my bontrager maverick, which i destroyed on my garage, duhh.....oh, well they were very cheap, 2 for $12. they are tougher than the 221's, and cooler looking,they are a tad bit too wide but, nothing is perfect. if you have money by Rolf rims, they rule.
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Submitted by
Lance
a Downhiller
from Honolulu HI USA Date Reviewed: February 14, 2000
Favorite Trail:
ALL OF THEM
Duration Product Used:
3 months
Strengths:
the name is about the only strength and they are round.
Weaknesses:
too fragile, ceramic cracks, too much money for what you get
Similar Products Used:
switched to Mavic d 521
Bike Setup:
Haro ultralite(Easton 6061 airlite alu.),King headset & hubs, Manitou sx ti, xt-xtr,IRC Mythos, Kore lite 3, Monkey Bar.
Bottom Line:
They can't take a beating and if you ride hard look at the d 521's , they are the straight dope!
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Submitted by
Edan
a Cross-Country Rider
from Vancouver Date Reviewed: November 18, 1999
Favorite Trail:
Santa Rosa summit to Rossland (35 Km downhill, baby!)
Duration Product Used:
2 Years
Strengths:
STRONG and fairly light
Weaknesses:
?
Similar Products Used:
Mavic 261, 231, sun0XC, suncr16
Bike Setup:
s-werx fsr
Bottom Line:
Over two years of pounding on a full suspension bike with no mercy and I can only remember truing them once or twice. Best rim I have ever owned, not the lightest however. 5 flaming dead horses for strength/longevity, -1 for weight, but we can't have it ALL, can we??...
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Submitted by
CB
a Cross-Country Rider
from Columbus, OH Date Reviewed: July 28, 1999
I go 230lbs. These rims have rolled over and thru everything (plunge, gauntlet, rock garden, etc.) to many times to count. I've broken spokes and hubs, but not these rims.
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Submitted by
Patrick Wullaert
a Cross-Country Rider
from De Klinge, Belgium Date Reviewed: May 6, 1999
Favorite Trail:
La roche, Belgium
Duration Product Used:
more than 3 years
Strengths:
Strength, looks
Bike Setup:
Kona King Kikapu 99 w/ Magura brakes
Bottom Line:
The Mavic 117 Sup CD rims are top quality material and strong. They look good too. I split a rim or two due to excess wear on the sides but using Magura brakes I guess that's not really abnormal. I've changed to the Ceramic offerings later and wear was much less.
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