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Description:-The Crossmax SL, an even lighter version, is designed for intensive use in Cross Country racing, for racers who refuse to accept compromise. Using the ISM technology developed on the road, the profile of the rim has been made considerably more lightweight. This reduction in weight does not compromise its stiffness, which remains as good as on the previous versions. Finally, these wheels always offer the possibility of riding tubeless, for even better performance, and reducing the risk of flats from a pinched tube.
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Submitted by
dannyjoy
a Racer
from grass valley ca
Date Reviewed: June 25, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Dirt merchant | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | pro deal | | Strengths: | UST works great. strong rims. i beat them hard | | Weaknesses: | the rear hub lasts only a few months- then needs to be replaced | | Similar Products Used: | hadley. shimano | | Bike Setup: | ibis mojo carbon | | Bottom Line: | i got these wheels really cheap- thank god. they only lasted three months and the free hub is not working anymore. ive had 4 different sets (cross max and dee max) of these wheels and all of them fail after a few months. which really sucks because its left me stranded way out in moab. bottom line- get something of higher quality if you ride hard. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
messyhair
a Cross Country Rider
from Sioux Falls SD
Date Reviewed: June 20, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | Came on a bike | | Strengths: | They stay true. | | Weaknesses: | Rear hub. The first set i had i never had problem with. The second set i have had nothing but problems with the rear hub. I overhauled the freehub body myself the first time and it still Didn't work. So i sent it to mavic and it worked even worse when i got it back from them. | | Bike Setup: | 08 S Works Stumpjumper HT,
| | Bottom Line: | Fast wheels when the rear hub is working. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Lance
a Cross Country Rider
from Aspen, CO
Date Reviewed: February 28, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | All | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$740.00 | | Purchased At: | Friend of a friend | | Strengths: | These are the 07 SL with tubeless Kenda Nevegal. These wheels are extremely fast, even while coasting! They are strong and relatively light. They are sweet! | | Weaknesses: | Don`t know yet, but I have a noise that sounds like my rear nobbies are rubbing on the frame. I can`t pinpoint the problem while charging down singletrack. It goes away when I stop. I`m losing my mind! | | Similar Products Used: | Old XT front wheel replacement that slowed me down considerably! | | Bike Setup: | 07 Ellsworth Truth, Sram Xo, Juicy Carbon | | Bottom Line: | No doubt about it, these wheels rip! Upon reading Mike Mann`s post, it was nice to hear that the sound his free hub was making is similar to mine. It sounds like my nobbies are rubbing against the frame or elsewhere. So, I will take the proper steps to hopefully eliminate the problem. I`ll get back to everyone and let you know what I find...I have never taken the hubs apart to clean or service them because they always ran well. Now`s the time! | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shad
a Racer
from Mission, KS
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Purchased At: | came on my Giant Anthem | | Strengths: | Tough, light | | Weaknesses: | Freehub
3 buddies had these go out at about the same mileage | | Similar Products Used: | DT swiss, Specialized, Mavic, Felt, Richey | | Bike Setup: | Anthem or XTC Carbon | | Bottom Line: | I'm a 140 lb X-C racer who rides hard. I've raced these all over on some pretty rough trails... I've never knocked em out of true and never unseated a bead. At 1.5 years old I was in the middle of a race and the free hub started screaming at me. While it might have been neat to imagine I had a King rear hub, I was more concerned with shelling my bottom bracket 20 miles from anywhere in the middle of the mountains. I knew it was coming so I made sure to keep it cleaned and lubed always but it still happened and was over 50 bucks just for parts. Luckily it was an easy install (pawls, springs and freehub body) to do by myself. Still a pretty sweet set of wheels if you don't mind replacing parts once in a while. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Gary
a Cross Country Rider
from Boulder
Date Reviewed: November 19, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Strengths: | Lightweight, stiff, fast. Track very well at speed. Terrific race day wheel, and for me, all-round wheel set. | | Weaknesses: | None yet | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager Race Lite/tubeless with Swiss DT hub. Wheelsmith handbuilt with XT hub. | | Bike Setup: | Yeti ASR-SL; XTR, XO. Maxxis-Ignitor tires (standard) with Stan's Sealant. Avid Ultimate brakes. | | Bottom Line: | Great wheelset. Logged 1200 miles on them this season, including a 7 day MTB stage race in British Columbia that featured many stream crossings, difficult (for me) downhills-including black diamond rated descents at Whistler. Absolutely no problems, and being the lazy person I am, no service in that interval. No flats either. During the race, my team mate destroyed both his front and rear wheels (hub in the latter case) and his shock. Although expensive, I love the wheels. I recently had to substitute a handmade wheel with an XT hub on the front, and I noticed a difference immediately in coast down speeds and acceleration-and I don't usually notice subtle stuff. In contrast to others I have had no problems with the rear hub.
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Submitted by
Mike Mann
a Cross Country Rider
from Boise, Idaho USA
Date Reviewed: October 10, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Anything in the Stanley Basin | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$400.00 | | Purchased At: | Used Set on Giant Anthem | | Strengths: | Rigid, Light, Roll easily. Have zero problems with leaks with tubeless tires and Stans. Better control in all conditions than I have experienced on any other wheel. I love this wheel set. | | Weaknesses: | This is a racing wheel so it means the rear hub is built for speed and it's sensitive to dirt and wear on the drive system.
Their patented force transfer system uses just 6 tiny steel parts that weigh just a few grams (2 pawls, 2 springs, 2 stainless bearings) to transfer all pedal force to the light weight alloy wheel. It's light and it works. It also wears because there is so much force on the tiny parts. When it wears, eventually, the pawls grab the freewheel when you are coasting fast downhill or back pedaling and the wheel lets out a banshee moan that would raise the dead or be quite popular on Halloween. The first thing you do is look down to see what the tire tread is rubbing on because that's where it seems the sound is coming from. But as soon as your begin pedaling, the sound goes away.......
If you buy these wheels and ride them a lot, you can expect to clean and lube the free wheel drive system occasionally, and you should be prepared to replace the wheel bearings if they begin to wear. For racers, that's something normal. For normal humans, it means that the best features of the wheel set, light and fast also requires that you clean and lube the hub and occasionally and replace parts that are out of tolerance.
If you want to ride without maintaining your ride, or if you like free riding and big air downhill, this isn't your wheel set.
This is not a free ride or downhill wheel and isn't designed for that environment. Buy something with a beefier drive system and looser tolerances to withstand the abuse they will take.
Since my wheel set had been used by a racer for a season without any service, and I didn't know what service was required, I wasn't expecting problems. I began experiencing this issue intermittently about 4 months after I started riding the bike.
Mavic has a fix - it is to replace the worn pawls, clean and lube the bearing surface with super thin, super slick lube. There are other things that will contribute to the problem. Worn wheel bearings that allow the pawl and free wheel engagement angles to change, dirt in the mechanism and dérailleur jockey pulley bearings that aren't running free.
If you want to own these wheels, the recommended service is to check and clean and lube the pawl system every few rides if you are riding in dust or water, and make sure that bearings and deraileur jocky pulleys are free running and not worn.
These are race wheels. They will spoil you. And while I was at first angry about the problem when it showed up. It appears that the prior owner of the bike did zero maintenance and I needed to preplace several worn parts. This drive system will wear again and the next time I'll know what to do. If I were a racer, I'd probably clean and lube the hub drive system before every race and after practice if I were riding in water or dust. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic Crossland, XTR, Deore | | Bike Setup: | Giant Anthem, X0, XTR, Raceface, Hayes Carbon, 2006 Manitou Suspension | | Bottom Line: | I love these wheels for their precision handling and Cross Country performance and will pay them back for the enjoyment they give me with a little maintenance now and then. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bruce Fyfe
a Weekend Warrior
from Laguna Niguel, Ca
Date Reviewed: October 10, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Fyfebruce@hotmail.com | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$600.00 | | Purchased At: | RBikes.com | | Strengths: | Great wheels, lite and strong | | Weaknesses: | None noted | | Similar Products Used: | Alex Wheels | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Roubaix, Mavic SSC SL, | | Bottom Line: | Would highly recommend this wheel set and also recommend RBikes.com as a compny to do business with... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
SAL VENUTO
a Cross Country Rider
from VINELAND, NJ USA
Date Reviewed: October 8, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | MIDDLE RUN DELAWARE | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Strengths: | LIGHTWEIGHT - SMOOTH ROLLING - DESIGNED FOR LIGHTER WEIGHT RIDERS < 175 LBS. | | Weaknesses: | NOT VERY DURABLE - MAVIC CUSTOMER SUPPORT STINKS - CAN'T BUY REPLACEMENTS PARTS EASILY - CASSETTE FREHUB WEARS AFTER ONE SEASON $75 FOR THE PART - SPOKES BROKE - CAN'T BUY REPLACEMENTS MUST SEND THE WHEEL OUT FOR SERVICE - BETTER OPTIONS BY AMERICAN CLASSIC AND BONTRAGER | | Similar Products Used: | BONTRAGER RACE X LITE - AMERICAN CLASSIC | | Bike Setup: | 07 SPECIALIZED EPIC EXPERT W/ STOCK COMPONENTS - HANDLEBARS CUT TO 23 INCHES | | Bottom Line: | I WOULD NOT RECCOMEND THIS WHEELSET. VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN AND THERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS OUT THERE. THE CASSETTE FREEHUB INCOPORATES A NON-REPLACEABLE NYLON BUSHING THAT WEARS AND CAUSES CASSETTE WOBBLE. SHIFTING BECOMES A PROBLEM AND THE REPLACEMENT PART IS MORE THAN
$75. MORE IF YOU NEED TO HAVE PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED. THIS PART LASTS FOR ABOUT ONE SEASON | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a Cross Country Rider
from Marquette, MI USA
Date Reviewed: August 30, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | dirt... | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$799.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Weight. They are very light. Hubs seem to have an easily servicable design...especially with sealed cartridge bearings. The wheels are also plenty stiff in my experience. I weigh 180 with gear and ride XC trails. Fit and finish are exceptional, and you would expect that after paying the premium price. | | Weaknesses: | Have yet to find any structural issues. Price is high. | | Similar Products Used: | Cane Creek Terros. XT/717 wheelsets. DT/819 wheelsets. | | Bike Setup: | 2007 Specialized Stumpjumper comp. Mostly stock. I use tubes. | | Bottom Line: | Nice wheelset. They make my bike feel MUCH more lively than the heavier wheels I've ridden. Acceleration is immediate...there is no spoke wind-up.
Stiffness seems good. The wheels feel solid. No issues to speak of in that regard. I don't jump off things more than 1 foot high. I don't bash my stuff. I ride hard and often, but I am also careful to maintain my equipment.
I think you are paying for the weight benefit when you buy these wheels. Sure...other wheelsets do just fine and cost much less, but those sets also weigh substanitally more. I'm no weight weenie, but I have to say that I noticed an immediate and pleasing difference in performance when I put these wheels on my Stumpy.
If you can afford these, go with them. Even if you don't like them, they'll still hold tremendous resale value. Would I buy again? Yes. It'll be hard to go back to riding other wheels after riding these. Outstanding wheels...just a bit pricey. You get what you pay for, though. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Dave Wright
a Cross Country Rider
from Greenville, SC, USA
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | PMSP | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$85.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance | | Strengths: | Light, stiff, stay true, roll smoothly | | Weaknesses: | Make the rest of my bike look bad; hope I don't have to find a replacement spoke when in some podunk town without a handy Mavic reseller | | Similar Products Used: | Cheap Deore/Mavic wheels found under every rock | | Bike Setup: | 2000 Marin Eldridge Grade w/ following revs: SS conversion (Singleator, Endless cogs, Salsa rings), Crank SL pedals, Serfas gel saddle, 2.3 Maxxis Larsen TT tires, this front wheel, and Avid BB5 disk brake up front. | | Bottom Line: | I only bought the front wheel. It was cheap @ Performance because they were clearing out a previous year. If I paid straight retail the value rating would have been lower.
My initial impression of this wheel was bad, but turned out to be due to poor setup by my LBS. Back at the house I retrued the wheel and reinstalled the disk brake. So much for paying people to do my own work! Since then I have been very happy with the wheel. It's very light and responsive, yet quite stiff and has needed no subsequent retrueing after a good amount of all-mountain style riding. I'm sure that at some point it will need some love, but it's looking to stay true better than standard wheels.
I run 2.3" tires on this wheel, and that's probably a bit outside of the envelope. They work and I'm happy, but 2.1" is a more realistic max. The rim is pretty skinny. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
gary edwards
a Weekend Warrior
from wales
Date Reviewed: July 31, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Innerleithen | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Strengths: | super smooth, strong ,lightweight | | Weaknesses: | slow air loss through tubeless rims, free hub wear.expensive | | Bike Setup: | Orange 5 with manitou 4 way shock, manitou minute forks, xt hollowtech chainset, Hayes HFX brakes and xt mech gear. | | Bottom Line: | top wheel set, but have to admit i can only compre the Mavix crossmax to the wheels used by my riding budddies who always seem to be repairing punctures or loseing ground to me when free wheeling. wouldnt want to change to anything else | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from San Joose
Date Reviewed: June 14, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Tractor at Demo | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Strengths: | These wheels are super strong! I've had these wheels trued once a year that's it. I ride them very hard, they've been raced in 2 24hr races and once at Sea Otter. I love them! | | Weaknesses: | Not a one! | | Similar Products Used: | 317's with XT hubs | | Bike Setup: | SC Blur, XTR, Easton, Thompson, Hayes Carbon, Race Face Deus | | Bottom Line: | These are worth the money for sure! Bombproof for XC and light trail riding. Do not use these for drops, these are XC wheels! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Eli
a
from Miami
Date Reviewed: April 30, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$760.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike America Trek Super Store - Plantation Florida | | Strengths: | I immediately noticed a difference in the rotational weight. Awesome feel and climb. | | Weaknesses: | None, Except poor SUPPORT. | | Similar Products Used: | Bontrager Discs, Xts | | Bike Setup: | 07' Trek Top Fuel ex7 with SLs | | Bottom Line: | Well, After 2 weeks of hard riding the back rim start making noises. Sounded like those little plastic things girls put on their spokes to make noise. Also shortly after a spoke popped out. I took it to the shop they put it back in and said it was fine. (the noise was caused from dirt in the spokes, they said) Went one weekend the noise happened again, and took them back to him. (He stated it was because I was washing my bike with water. "?" apparently water makes rims melt.) Currently I am leaving on a trip I paid for with stock rims and still 760 in the hole from bad service, and a defective product. This will be the fourth time going back to the shop with these Rims ~not the only issue with BIKE AMERICA~ Friends crankarm fell off after riding twice on a NEW Gary Fisher bought from there. All in the the same 2 month period as my issues.
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Submitted by
John Showman
a Racer
from Norman Oklahoma
Date Reviewed: April 15, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Draper | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Purchased At: | Bay Area Schwinn | | Strengths: | Rolls like crazy, very dependable | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | XT and other wheels that came on stock bikes | | Bike Setup: | 2004 S-Works Endro | | Bottom Line: | Have used these wheels 2 years and only problem I have had was drove into a rock and bent the rim. I have jumped onto rocks so hard that the tire has burped and have not even knocked the rim the least out of true. Cleaned and lubed the free wheel mech. and just hammer on them. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Half-Dingo
a Cross Country Rider
from WNC
Date Reviewed: February 10, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | take your pick in pisgah | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Purchased At: | ebay | | Strengths: | these wheels are rock solid and look great. | | Weaknesses: | cant be used for anything but their designed purpose which is xc racing. these wheels will fail if you expect to do anytype of drops or urban riding. they are a very specific cycling component but thats how i treat them like ultra light racing wheels and they hold up fine. buy these wheels on an existing bike through ebay or whatever. if you dont you will pay like $850 if you dont get em on sale. | | Similar Products Used: | old school original cross maxs' w/ ceramic rims. mavic 317 disks | | Bike Setup: | epic sworks
world cup fork
xtr gruppo w/ disks
bontranger xxx racelite carbon riser bar and stem
and these sweet wheels | | Bottom Line: | ive never even had to true this set or my other set of old crossmax wheels on my hard tail. i love these wheels they have never let me down in any way and i can feel the difference in acceleration and stiffness. once again you get what you pay for.
peace | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bill
a Racer
from Rad Racer from the Northwest
Date Reviewed: February 7, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Purchased At: | A coach | | Strengths: | Stiff
Awesome acceleration
Durablity
Feel
Bad ass looks | | Weaknesses: | All the nay-sayers giving these amazing wheels a bad reputation. | | Similar Products Used: | various other mavic products and sunrims | | Bike Setup: | 2005 Kona Kula Primo | | Bottom Line: | These wheels are ridiculous. Fast, strong, light, and sexy. These are the best wheels i've ever seen or ridden. They handle great, hold up a lot better than all those other people say they do, and add class to even the rustiest clunker. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tony
a Cross Country Rider
from East Setauket, NY, USA
Date Reviewed: January 24, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Shoreham | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$650.00 | | Purchased At: | JensonUSA | | Strengths: | Light and stiff | | Weaknesses: | The pawls failed after 6 months of riding. MAVIC WARRANTY SUPPORT IS NON EXISTANT. THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS GARBAGE. | | Similar Products Used: | I've used wheels built on XTR hubs and Hope hubs. | | Bottom Line: | I never touched the XTR hubs after 3+ years of riding and I cleaned the freewheel/pawls on the Hope hubs only 2 times in 3+ years and both wheelsets are still running fine.
I weight 170lbs. and I'm not the most aggressive rider in the group. No problem, things break. But .... MAVIC WARRANTY SUPPORT IS NON EXISTANT. Just look at this list of reviews. Do you really want to be approx. 1 in 3 buyers stuck with garbage wheels.
One chili for value because for $650 the warranty should cover ANY malfunction.
Two chilis for Overall because you have a 2 out of 3 chance of getting a nice wheelset. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Cross Country rider
a
from Illinois
Date Reviewed: January 12, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Strengths: | looks | | Weaknesses: | durability, customer service, repair costs | | Similar Products Used: | cane creek | | Bottom Line: | This wheel is extremely weak! I purchased these wheels three months ago and Mavic refused to warranty them. Their customer service is the worst in the industry. Stay away from these fragile wheels!! Any drop over 1.5 feet will damage the rim and hubs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Scott
a
from Alpine, UT
Date Reviewed: December 31, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Bottom Line: | For a long time I held off buying expensive wheels. Thought it couldn't possibly be worth the expense to save that much weight. And I already had pretty light wheels.
I probably saved about 200g per wheel with these wheels and the difference is dramatic. Feels like moving from a family sedan to a sports car. The acceleration is so much better. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Justin
a Cross Country Rider
from Iowa City, IA
Date Reviewed: November 23, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$599.00 | | Purchased At: | eBay | | Strengths: | Looks Cool, light weight, super fast | | Weaknesses: | Durability. Customer service. | | Bike Setup: | 05 Stumpjumper, XTR group, fox shock, thomson stem & post, kris king headset | | Bottom Line: | I was doing some trail riding and went off a small 2ft ledge and 3 spokes ended up coming out of the hub which also bent the rim. I weigh 190 lbs. and this little jump was never an issue with my old cheap rims. I am not impressed. Contacting Mavic is impossible. I will not buy Mavic again. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
pedal
a
from New Zealand
Date Reviewed: November 10, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | not the road | | Duration Product Used: | 2 Years | | Strengths: | Absolutely bulletproof in my experience. Light & stiff enough for me. Spin fast. | | Weaknesses: | Would prefer SL's in black or stealth colours than silver. With a new frame coming wish they made a 29 inch. | | Similar Products Used: | No need when you find a product this good | | Bike Setup: | Slide them onto the Yeti ASR-SL, Kula Deluxe HT or DMR Switchback SS at my whim | | Bottom Line: | Have had some original Crossmax wheels since 1997 through about 6 years of racing & training & trails in different countries - never touched them, never broke a spoke, did a bearing, opened the freewheel or had to true the rims - they are still on a rim braked bike & although the ceramic is thinning out on the braking surface they're going strong
Got the disc SL's in 2004, expected the same & got the same. Run endurance races & high country trails through all day snow, mud, rocks & river crossings and never touched them. What more could you ask than a great performing product that you can virtually ignore for service. Worth every cent.
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Submitted by
Johnny
a Racer
from Foothills near Denver
Date Reviewed: July 15, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Ridiculously smooth, solid, and seemed nicely laterally stiff. | | Weaknesses: | none | | Similar Products Used: | Chris King hubs on multiple rims, spokes, etc.. | | Bike Setup: | YETI Asr-SL XTR and Sram X.O | | Bottom Line: | These have been the best wheels I ever used, hands down! The "slow" Chris King hubs due to their greasing deal was hard to deal with, and these SL roll beautifully. I have hammered these wheels and they could care less. I have put well over 700 hours on these wheels and they are perfectly true. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Giancarlo Pelosi
a Weekend Warrior
from Miramar, FL, USA
Date Reviewed: July 13, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Markham Park | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$700.00 | | Purchased At: | Bell's Bikes | | Strengths: | Very light and stiff. Great looking wheel and hub. Great features. I love the spokes and rim design.. Always an eye catcher on the trail. Love the reflective decals. | | Weaknesses: | None. If I had to, I would only substitute these hubs for Chris King's or White Industries hubs. | | Similar Products Used: | DT Swiss and WTB. | | Bike Setup: | XTR, XT, Race Face, Kenda, Shimano, Chris King, WTB, ODI, SRAM, and Hayes Carbon. | | Bottom Line: | Great wheel if you can afford it. If not this one then the Mavic Crossmax XL Disc. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
wolvie
a Cross Country Rider
from Santa Cruz, CA
Date Reviewed: July 11, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | secret trails | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | LBS | | Strengths: | Light & Stiff | | Weaknesses: | There is a pin that is used to hold the rim together in the manufacturing that comes loose. You then get this metal on metal sound that is coming from inside the two walls of the rim. Apparently this is happens all the time! Three local bike shops new what the sound was in a second. The fix is to either drill a hole in the rim and squirt some glue in or pound it with a punch. There is no info on their web site about this and there isn't any contact info on the site either. I'd love to find some specific info on how to fix this. This is wrong for a $800.00 set of wheels. I'm 52 years old and weigh 150 pounds. How much dmamge could I do? | | Similar Products Used: | XTR, Dave's Speed Dreams | | Bike Setup: | Intense Spider, XTR, FOX 100X & RP3, Easton Carbon Bars & Seatpost, etc. | | Bottom Line: | There is no such thing as Mavic support. If you want great support buy you wheels from Dave's Speed Dreams. He is the best. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Logan
a Racer
from Concord, Ca
Date Reviewed: June 28, 2006 | | Favoriate Trail: | Anything long, technical and singletrack; redwoods oriented | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Purchased At: | OEM | | Strengths: | the coveted XC race wheelset; looks cool; light | | Weaknesses: | Durability?, price, bladed spokes and magnet availability | | Similar Products Used: | this is my first high-end wheelset | | Bike Setup: | Cannondale Scalpel Team Replica | | Bottom Line: | I weigh only 117lbs, use this bike and wheelset exclusively for XC racing -- my Jekyll is my training bike even -- and somewhere in three race I must have caught a rock on the side of the rear wheel. There is a dent, or bowed-in section of the wheel that just cut my UST tire. I'm concerned I will have to pay upwards of $400 to replace this or continue blowing $50 race tires . . . . I'd rather ride a slightly heavier wheel that's going to last -- I've riddent my old Kona and Jekyll through the Rubicon Jeep trail as well as numerous other rough, rocky Tahoe trails for over six years and never had an issue like this; scratches, metal tears, yes, but no bending. Is the high-cost lightweight worth it. I only make $25/hour man. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Clay Hubbard
a Weekend Warrior
from Rancho Mirage, CA
Date Reviewed: June 21, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | Velobum | | Strengths: | The wheels are solid and true. | | Weaknesses: | The rear hub has gone out two times. Glen at Velobum replaced it once and Mavic warrantied it after about 5 months. The second time he sent it in to Mavic thinking it was a manufacturers defect. Mavic would not warranty it and I have to buy a new rear wheel. | | Bike Setup: | Turner Burner, XTR, SRAM mix | | Bottom Line: | Although the wheels stay true the rear hub is apparently poorly designed. On an $800 set of wheels the hubs should last longer than 5 months. I going to try Dave's Speed Dream with the ZTR Olympic rim and King hubs. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Leonard Cheslock
a Cross Country Rider
from Monument, Co, USA
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2006 | | Duration Product Used: | More than 3 years | | Price Paid: |
$800.00 | | Purchased At: | bike source | | Strengths: | Works great, stays true, rolls about as well as my XT set on the other bike. | | Weaknesses: | Website suggests easy and regular maintenance but perscribes use of Mavic mineral oil. I cannot find this porduct. It's not at the local bike shops that sell these products. | | Bike Setup: | xc bike | | Bottom Line: | Great wheels until the free hub buzzes. The fix is Mavic mineral oil, a product developed by Mavic that is not readily available, but identified in the web site.
They should provide the oil with the wheel set, make it available for purchase, or suggest other.
Rate lower for lack of support
(Lube suggestions welcome!) | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Mike
a Cross Country Rider
from Huntsville, AL, USA
Date Reviewed: June 5, 2006 |
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