Submitted by
Joern Kristiansen
a Cross Country Rider
Date Reviewed: May 31, 2012
Strengths: Price, Mavic name
Weaknesses: Front rim broke at the weld during XC decent. No apparent reason for the break. The wheel locked and I summersaulted and landed hard. The rear hub had startet to make a screeching sound that came and went, not connected to braking.
Bottom Line:
This wheelset is to weak for XC riding. Developed faults that I have not had with any other wheels. There was no warning to the front rim coming apart at the welded joint. As the going was easy it came as a complete surprise that the wheel broke and locked up. Since the rear hub had also started playing up, it seems clear that this wheelset is not up to XC riding.
Similar Products Used: Stan's ZTR rims on Shimano XT rear hub and American Classic front hub.
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Submitted by
McCrevis
a Weekend Warrior
from Lakeland, FL
Date Reviewed: January 30, 2012
Strengths: Great price for the Mavic name. Perfect upgrade for the budget. V brake and/or 6 bolt disk
Weaknesses: We will see how they handle a clydesdale rider
Bottom Line:
so far so good. They have a lot to live up too considering my factory rims off of my 2003 GT Avalanche have held up for 8 yrs. Only reason I'm upgrading is for the hubs and the ability to upgrade to disk brakes.
Submitted by
xmessenger
a Weekend Warrior
from Victoria, BC
Date Reviewed: December 9, 2011
Strengths: PRICE, weight, strength...
Weaknesses: Being real anal but the front wheel came with a very very slight wobble but that could be shipping and its so slight that I'm not bothered. Proprietary design.
Bottom Line:
A bargain. I mean, as someone who got into biking mostly in the 90's then dropped out in the 2000's the price blows me away. I thought there would be no way of getting fr and rr hubs, spokes, rims, tape and labour for less than$500 yet here I have a beautiful Mavic wheelset for less than half. Granted they are made in Bulgaria but at least it ain't China! Sealed bearing hubs, machined sidewalls, bladed spokes...Wow. Mine are he 2011 rim breal version and have only 20 spokes per wheel. That scard me a bit but the rims have deeper bodies so I assume that makes up for it. Alot different than my traditional 32 spoke wheel but so far I am very happy.
Similar Products Used: alot of various mavic sun with dt and xt setups.
Bike Setup: I've a 1992 Rocky TeamComp set up for street. Rigid w/ TB Project 2,Cattleprod, Xtr rear mech, Suntour thumbs, EC70 bar, these wheels and 1.25 slicks. I pity the cop that tries to issue me a ticket in town!
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Submitted by
guigga
a Weekend Warrior
from carver ma.
Date Reviewed: January 26, 2011
Strengths: cheap and durable
Weaknesses: none
Bottom Line:
great entry level xc wheels! i have pounded these wheels for the past 2+ yrs and have had no problems havent even had to get rear wheel trued yet, front wheels trued once after crash but just out of true a little bit. I am close to 200 lbs and I have done everything up to 4 ft drops on these and there still good to go! Very surprised that other people have had issues w/them. For xc wheels I think there pretty darn good. Have to give 5 peppahs!
Bike Setup: sette riddick, xt, juicy carbon, minatou
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Submitted by
Cougar
a Weekend Warrior
from s.korea
Date Reviewed: July 3, 2010
Strengths: strong wheels
Weaknesses: never stay true and hard or never to true
Bottom Line:
these wheels came untrue after 4 days road riding from the day i bought them , took them back to the shop the guy at the shop didn't know how to true them, no return policy in here, the sad thing is i bought 2 sets for rode and mt, they were the best wheels before i bought them according to the guy at the shop but not after.
sold one set for $50 gave away the other for free, in the other hand my friend has the same wheels but v brakes rims she is been using them for about 4 years mountain biking and never had any problem with them so crossride disk no v brakes yes, means the rims are too soft on the disk version
Similar Products Used: shimano xt, crank brothers cobalt
Bike Setup: scott carbon frame, sram xo component , rock shox reba 100mm , xt brakes
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Submitted by
cafam1
a Cross Country Rider
from SI NY
Date Reviewed: November 6, 2009
Strengths: THE HUBS
Weaknesses: SPOKE FLANGES
Bottom Line:
The Rims are strong. The hub Flanges where the spoke meets the hub are sad. If an object gets caught in the spokes the spoke should break or the nipple. The spoke should not rip through the hub and thats what happened to me. Thats a poor design that needs to be addressed. The hub needs to be beefed up around the flange. I think the newer crossrides have heavier duty hubs. Just be carefull because the wheel will be virtually useless if this happens.
Submitted by
Elimaes12
a Cross Country Rider
from Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgïe
Date Reviewed: August 30, 2009
Strengths: Nice looks, stiff rim
Weaknesses: rear hub
Bottom Line:
At first these wheels seemed great, took nearly 2,5 months to get the wheel out of true.
At moments where I thought: 'Now the rim just has to be bent', they stayed relatively true. Bike+me is a total of 100 kg, so that's quite something.
After 3 months (approx 700km), a spoke got loose, because a little corner broke off the rear hub where the spoke clamps into the hub.
Am hoping they are in warranty now, got the MP3 extra warranty, so they should be.
Conclusion: good rims, bad rear hub, not expensive. Rear hub broke down after approx 700km of riding on not such bad terrain. Apparently the hub can't carry heavier riders.
I'm disappointed in mavic.
Bike Setup: Bulls King Cobra with V-brakes, Crossride wheels and sram X9 shifters
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Submitted by
gtrdave
a Weekend Warrior
from Wilmington, DE
Date Reviewed: July 1, 2009
Strengths: Construction, usable for rim or disc brake, durability
Weaknesses: weight?
Bottom Line:
I was breaking spokes on the OEM Tiogas fairly regularly, so a guy at the lbs recommended the Crossrides. $200/pair seemed inexpensive enough and I've definitely gotten my money's worth out of these things. They are tough! I've only had them trued once in the 2 years I've abused them and that's pretty impressive, imho, considering I ain't a small guy (6'2", 230lbs).
I'm selling the Schwinn soon, but the Mavics are staying with me, to be used with my GT commuter as an off-road back-up wheelset.
They are a tad heavier than the Tiogas, but they're strong, no doubt.
Bike Setup: Schwinn Moab 3, Manitou front shock, Panaracer tires, mixed component group
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Submitted by
Frs1661
a Cross Country Rider
from Rochester, NY
Date Reviewed: May 11, 2009
Strengths: Looks like a more expensive wheel. Cartridge bearing hubs that spin well. Acceptable # of POE in the rear.
Weaknesses: Heavy for the price. Low spoke count at this weight makes no sense; purely marketing. For the same price you can get XT hubs laced to Mavic 717 rims that are lighter and more reliable.
Bottom Line:
I could forgive this wheelset if it was at least UST, but it's not. There are better/lighter/more practical wheelsets out there at this price point.
They work, but I will be upgrading at the first opportunity.
Similar Products Used: XT/717 build on my singlespeed.
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Submitted by
chustig
a Weekend Warrior
from Lonsdale, MN
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2009
Strengths: THEY ARE STRONG, PERIOD.
Weaknesses: Hmmm...I hear they are supposed to be heavy, but I don't notice. I'm too distracted by my delight at how strong they are.
Bottom Line:
I bent my stock wheels the first time I rode this bike. Pretty much rode with them slightly bent all the time and had them straightened when it got really bad. I got more serious about riding and researched a bunch (mostly reviews on MTBR) and bought these. I just wanted the strongest wheels I could get at a good price point. F weight! I'm not willing to sacrifice strength.
I got the ones that accept disc and rim brakes. I have disc. I figured why not have the option. Never know.
I think they look pretty cool too, with the graphics and fat spokes. I'm a little bummed that one of the stickers is coming off, but, oh well...I ride my bike hard, so it's no beauty queen. I think it looks better all dirty and beat to hell!!
Bottom line is I ride relatively hard (and clumsy sometimes!), and I can't bend these things. I mostly don't think about it. But sometimes when I'm done riding, I check them for straightness, and I always delight when I confirm that these things just don't bend.
They are exactly what I was looking for, and I couldn't be happier with them. Buy them.
Note: I can't remember what the cutoff was, but I think the year after mine were made, they changed they deleted they reinforcments where the spoke attach to the rims and had some cracking/breaking issues. I imagine Mavic has rectified this by now. Look into it. Mine are pretty much flawless though. I love them with all my heart. :)
Similar Products Used: Stock wheels made out of wimpium alloy
Bike Setup: 2003 Kona Kahuna Deluxe, stock except for these wheels
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Submitted by
Gary
a Cross Country Rider
from Plymouth, PA, US
Date Reviewed: October 22, 2008
Strengths: Cheap, Light, Durable
Weaknesses: None found yet
Bottom Line:
Wheels have been used and abused the last year. I raced and trained a whole season and never even touched them once. They have stayed smooth and true since the day there were put on. Great value for the price!
Submitted by
carlosmerida
a Racer
from guanajuato, mexico
Date Reviewed: August 27, 2008
Strengths: Price, looks, weight
Weaknesses: the spokes
Bottom Line:
I have in the same bike a set of Rolf dolomite 2005, but the rear hub starts to fail. I replace them for the mavic crossride hoping that won’t have any more problems but I was wrong, at the beginning they works great, but after 7 races and 200kms training the spokes keep getting loose after every race, also the bearings in the front hub get loose, I think that they won’t last the rest of the season
Submitted by
valodja
a Cross Country Rider
from Czech.rep.
Date Reviewed: August 12, 2008
Strengths: good looks, reasonable price, not too heavy
Weaknesses: Not consistent enough to handle any harder riding. I have the ´08 non-disc version and the rear wheel is constantly out of true, the spokes keep on rotating every ride to the contra-aero position. Even I know how to true the wheels, this behaviour is simply awfull and a huge disappointment for me (it is cheap? but still Mavic!!)
Bottom Line:
They are going away from my bike and I will try to put them into line and sell them for half the price. Howeever the front wheel is not so problematic, but still quite soft.