These rims came with a wheelset I bought at LBS. I'm sure they were taken off a new bike that was upgraded. Never had a problem with them. Recently I laced on a new rear hub myself. No problems yet. I'm 190 and ride like a bulldozer. Lots of logs, small drops and some small jumps. I think most complaints about rims have to do with a bad wheel build more than the rims themselves. Tension and truing is key. One chili off for not having reinforced eyelets in the spoke holes. Like I said, no problems yet, but I'm just sayin...
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Jim
a Cross Country Rider
from Bend, OR. USA
Date Reviewed: October 2, 2009
Strengths: Durable
Weaknesses: None that I`ve found
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?
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radiomog
a Cross Country Rider
from Colorado
Date Reviewed: September 18, 2009
Strengths: haven't had any problems what so ever
Weaknesses: none that I know of.
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.
Weaknesses: They are weak and soft and it doesnt take much to break them.
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)
Similar Products Used: Sunn , Mavic crossland, Vuelta.
Bike Setup: Hayes GX2 disk brakes, michelin+ country trail tires
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Mike Sweum
a Racer
from Sioux City,IA
Date Reviewed: September 14, 2008
Strengths: Solid,fairly lightweight and dependable
Weaknesses: Weight if thats a major concern to ya
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.
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
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Zomb1e
a Cross Country Rider
from St-Petersburg, Russia
Date Reviewed: January 16, 2008
Strengths: moderately light, strong, looks pretty in black
Weaknesses: have no eyelets
Bottom Line:
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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James Fedosov
a Weekend Warrior
from St. Catharines
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2007
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.
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Owen
a Cross Country Rider
from Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 20, 2006
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.
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).
Similar Products Used: Mavic Cross Ride, Rhyno lite, etc...
Bike Setup: Kona Kula Delux
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Submitted by
Shai
a Weekend Warrior
from Nesher, Israel
Date Reviewed: May 26, 2006
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.
Bottom Line:
Definitely not recommended for purchacing, and a BIG question mark why Cannondale put unsuitable rim on the Prophet.
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..
As the title says, can I put Maxxis High Rollers on Mavic XM-117 disc, 26�, 32h rims?
I know I would need 26-2.5's but are these too fat to go on my rims?
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