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Description:
- Rims Material: 6106 Aluminum
- Spokes Material: Stainless steel
- Shape: Straight pull, profiled
- Nipples: Brass, self lock concept
- Front and rear axle: Steel
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Submitted by
tom swift
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver, Colorado
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Dakota Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$180.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bicycle | | Strengths: | Lightweight, Mavic name. | | Weaknesses: | These rims are hands down weak. Maybe they would be better with regular spokes, but mine haven't been true since I bought them. I'm experienced with other bike maintenance but usually stay away from wheels so I didn't check and tension the wheels when I got them. If I did that, maybe they would have lasted longer. These went out of true on the first ride, nothing crazy no drops bigger than 2ft. I would consider my riding style aggressive cross-country, but these seem to go out of true just riding around on the street hoping a curb here and there. I've ridden maaaybe 10 rides on them and the rear wheel is pretty much done, it has a bad hop and pretty much all the spoke holes are stressed. | | Similar Products Used: | Alexrims (not sure of the model, DM24 maybe) | | Bike Setup: | Fox Vanilla 32/130, Sette Riddik, Hone cranks, LX components, Avid BB7 | | Bottom Line: | Unless you ride hard-pack dirt trails with veerrry limited technical sections, DO NOT BUY THESE! Even my crappy Alexrims held up way better. I'm moving on to Rhyno Lites or Azonic Outlaws, something I know will hold up. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
tom swift
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver, Colorado
Date Reviewed: July 16, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Dakota Ridge | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$180.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance Bicycle | | Strengths: | Lightweight, Mavic name. | | Weaknesses: | These rims are hands down weak. Maybe they would be better with regular spokes, but mine haven't been true since I bought them. I'm experienced with other bike maintenance but usually stay away from wheels so I didn't check and tension the wheels when I got them. If I did that, maybe they would have lasted longer. These went out of true on the first ride, nothing crazy no drops bigger than 2ft. I would consider my riding style aggressive cross-country, but these seem to go out of true just riding around on the street hoping a curb here and there. I've ridden maaaybe 10 rides on them and the rear wheel is pretty much done, it has a bad hop and pretty much all the spoke holes are stressed. | | Similar Products Used: | Alexrims (not sure of the model, DM24 maybe) | | Bike Setup: | Fox Vanilla 32/130, Sette Riddik, Hone cranks, LX components, Avid BB7 | | Bottom Line: | Unless you ride hard-pack dirt trails with veerrry limited technical sections, DO NOT BUY THESE! Even my crappy Alexrims held up way better. I'm moving on to Rhyno Lites or Azonic Outlaws, something I know will hold up. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
05Willys
a Cross Country Rider
from Denver CO
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Porcypine rim | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Wheatridge Cyclery | | Strengths: | Cheap | | Weaknesses: | Everything is weak | | Bike Setup: | Yeti 575 | | Bottom Line: | Just not strong enough. The spokes loosen up every ride and now the wheel is out of round. I took the other reviews with a grain of salt because I signed up for the mp3 program so I could have them replaced if I break them, but they won't replace them for going out of true every ride and now out of round.
Get something else. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kfred
a Weekend Warrior
from Carrollton, TX, United States
Date Reviewed: July 9, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$175.00 | | Purchased At: | Richardson Bike Mart | | Strengths: | Beautiful wheels | | Weaknesses: | Wheels are weak, failed with cracks around 2 spoke nipples | | Bike Setup: | Old Raleigh M80 used for commuting | | Bottom Line: | I used these wheels exclusively for commuting. They are light, and the reduction on rotational mass yielded a 1mph average increase which was much appreciated. At about the 9 month mark, the rear wheel lost it's true, and on inspection I noticed the wheel was giving (puckering out) at one of the spoke nipples, and had a crack on the wheel at a neighboring spoke nipple. I don't do anything rough on these wheels, so they must be horribly weak to have failed like this. The price was definitely too good to be true. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matthewbanningsmith
a Cross Country Rider
from matt
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | any | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$230.00 | | Purchased At: | performance | | Strengths: | light | | Weaknesses: | weak entry level wheels that wont true after 3 rides | | Similar Products Used: | lots | | Bike Setup: | I won't brag | | Bottom Line: | Mavic does not do warranty work and does not want to hear from you. Period. 3 Rides and the back rim is junk and my bike shop refuses to try and true it anymore. Mavic took 10 weeks after sending it to them to charge me $70 for a $109 wheel to rebuild the same crap wheel. I rode this wheel for 3 hours and it is garbage. It is actually worse than the stock crap that came on my bike. True, it's light, and if you ride tame, flat trails, you could actually get some use out of them, but just buy a quality wheelset that is durable man. Mavic has pissed me off to where I will never buy from them again. Imagine throwing a weeks pay in the trashcan after 3 hours of riding and having mavic tell you the rim "took a hit" (mountain biking...Duhhh) and wont warranty it. Really? Are the serious about that? Is that really what they are doing? YEP, so buy some BOMSHELLS and save yourself the crap I'm dealin with. UN-FREAKIN-BELIEAVIBLE! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt smith
a Cross Country Rider
from FAIRFAX, VA.
Date Reviewed: July 4, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | FOUNTAINHEAD | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$230.00 | | Purchased At: | HUDSON TRAIL | | Strengths: | I CANT NAME ANY | | Weaknesses: | Bent rear rim that will not true after 3 rides | | Similar Products Used: | several | | Bike Setup: | I won't brag here. | | Bottom Line: | Mavic won't do warranty work. period. Their version of a warranty is you send the stuff back, then you pay top dollar for them to fix it. BUY A QUALITY WHEELSET, WHICH MEANS NO ENTRY LEVEL STUFF. this wheelset is probably O.K. for real tame riding on flat stuff, and the wheels are light. If you plan on riding anything other than straight tame trails, then buy good stuff. These wheels are actually worse than the crap that came stock on my bike, then Mavic wasted 10 weeks of my time at this point to charge me $70 (for a $110 wheel) to make it right. after 3 rides man. They have a real attitude too. Beleive me, they don't wan't to talk to you ...EVER. Don't waste your money, or your time. Mavic can straight kiss my ass. NEVER AGAIN. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Bob
a Weekend Warrior
from Toronto Ontario Canada
Date Reviewed: July 2, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Kelso Trail System | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$199.00 | | Purchased At: | Jenson USA | | Strengths: | Great looks make them appear to be top of the line wheels | | Weaknesses: | They are'nt | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic Crossmax Disc
Shimano XT/Mavic Rim Wheelset | | Bike Setup: | Jamis Dakota Elite 2006 Frame built up with XT components, Formula Brakes, Zocchi 600 Fork | | Bottom Line: | I bought these wheels as a finishing touch for a Jamis Dakota Elite hardtail that I put together this winter in a futile attempt to beat the cabin fevor a lot of us suffered through in Toronto this year.
The goal was to keep the cost of the build below the $2000 mark and the CrossRides would do that with room to spare. I could not believe that Mavic could sell a set of disc wheels for less than $200. I have a set of CrossMax Discs on my Heckler and they are hands down the best wheels I have ever spun. Of course they cost $700+. There is a reason for that and it's called Quality! I should have known that a sub $200 set of wheels would be short on something, but I talked myself into the purchase. My thinking was that if they turned to crap I would only be out $200.
Well, I'm out $200! First things first. These wheels really are well endowed in the style department. They look great on your bike, what with the flat spokes and nice graphics. The one tell tale sticker on the wheels is the little bitty one that reads Made in China. OK, I'm not going on a Chinese rant here because not everything made in China is junk. My CrossMax wheels say Made in France. Does that in itself make them better? In this case the answer is yes.
The first negative that I noticed about these wheels is the lack of lateral rigidity. I went flying down a paved hill near my house and, when making the sweeping left turn at the bottom, the rear wheel felt like it was coming off. I stopped to make sure that I had the skewer closed properly and I did. Later runs down the same hill yielded the same feeling. It's like my old childhood fat tire bike felt when I had a friend riding on the back.
The next negative thing that happened was the rim strip coming loose on the rear wheel and shearing off the valve stem on the tube. When I removed the tire and tube the rim strip was wadded up at the stem hole. I made it home on a new tube and then replaced the rim strip. Two days later that rim strip wadded up and did the same thing. When changing that tube I noticed that 2 of the rear spokes were loose. What does this mean? It means that these wheels are off my bike for good. I put my old Shimano XT Hub/Mavic Rim wheelset on the bike.
I feel that Mavic has made a big marketing mistake in launching these "bargain basement" wheels. Did they really have a need to go to China in order to offer the mountain bike masses "more affordable" wheels. They should stick to what they do best and leave Wal Mart in charge of the "more affordable" sector.
Save your loose change for a few more months and step up to a higher pricepoint when shopping for wheels. My Shimano XT Hub/Mavic Rim wheels set me back $379 when I bought them 3 years ago and I have never had an issue with them. They don't look as sexy as the CrossRides but in this case the sex is overrated. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
lucyfek
a Cross Country Rider
from Lake County, IL
Date Reviewed: June 12, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | any trail/road | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | jensenusa.com | | Strengths: | price, looks (when clean, but who cares about dirt anyway), low friction sealed hubs (front spins better than the wheel on my road bike, smooth, maybe because of the mileage) that need no adjustment (what a change from from deore and even worse crap that had originally come with my bike}, 4000+ miles (i guess) and never even bothered to true them - i'm ~185lb + fully equipped bike (large frame) + (sometimes) in the "off-road commuter mode" a loaded, detachable cargo rack (i'd put the total for some 230, probably more), mostly cross country (few rocks here in IL but plenty of dirt trails) and roads, sidewalks, curbs, little jumps etc, all year round. i use/abuse them with no maintenance at all (chain, cassette, crank derailleurs, fork and brakes are more than enough). i like speed and these make you fly. | | Weaknesses: | black rims/spokes shows dirt, disc only - lowers resale/reuse potential (silver - rim,/disc could be better choice, too late now), strong/loud freewheel mech (will scare birds/other animals before you'll stop to have a closer look), i don't know if this applies to any wheels or is this specific to crossrides, but after fording deep water there may be some water left in rims (found it when fixing flats, could be only an issue in the cold season when there is little chance for water to evaporate quickly), service may be a problem when the stuff brakes (especially spokes) but so far so good | | Similar Products Used: | none of my old wheels had sealed bearings and flat spokes, have mavic cosmos on my road bike but hard to compare the two species. surely better than stock junk original to my giant yukon 2004 and deore 525 hubs i refitted original wheels with for 2006. | | Bike Setup: | reached the end of the road for giant yukon 2004 - no point to upgrade it any more, nice ride that begun as a "disposable" try on mtb | | Bottom Line: | low maintenance wheels that came at reasonable price (= low price), as long as they spin i see no reason for any upgrade/replacement.
no regrets whatsoever. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Kevin Buddy
a Cross Country Rider
from San Bruno
Date Reviewed: June 7, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Hidden Canyon | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Strengths: | Strong wheels, they hold up with my kind of riding. Crashed really bad once, hit front wheel first and cracked my helmet after hitting my head. I expected the rim to be bent but it was only slightly out of true. It works. Taken dirt jumping, expected the rims to be bent but same thing happened. Taken on a downhill/freeride trail, still held up. | | Weaknesses: | Kinda heavy but considering how much it costs, cant really *itch about it. | | Similar Products Used: | Stock wheels on my 05Stumpy hardtail. | | Bike Setup: | Stumpy frame, BB7, Fox 80RL, XT/LX components, Ritchey Rizer comp, WTB seat, and these wheels | | Bottom Line: | You can't expect these wheels to stay true if you take it outside its intended purpose. I don't mind truing the wheels after a hard ride because it amazes me how this wheel holds up. It stays true on moderate to hard xc riding. As long as the rims dont get hops or bends while doing xc riding, i will not rant about how lame these wheels are. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
matt smith
a Cross Country Rider
from fairfax, va., u.s.a.
Date Reviewed: May 30, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | wakefield | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$230.00 | | Purchased At: | hudson trail | | Strengths: | they looked cool new | | Weaknesses: | rims won't true, stay true, or roll straight after a few rides and 8 times being trued. | | Similar Products Used: | stock bontrager | | Bike Setup: | marlin 07, BB7 disc brakes, full xt drive train, manitou minute 08 100mm fork | | Bottom Line: | Spend the cash on a real wheel set, not this entry level poop that any real rider will completely trash in no time at all. I got riped off and Mavic won't stand by their product. try contacting them about warranty work. They told me to send the wheel back to them at my expense and they would rebuild it for $150, which is $35 more than the wheel cost, which is their way of telling me to bend over, insert the wheel in my colon, and say good by to my hard earned money 1 month after buying this junk new. THE WHEEL HAS BEEN TRUED 8 TIMES IN ONE MONTH. my dealer wont even try to true it anymore and my $2,000 Bike now limps down the street with a freakin shimmy. Buy a real wheel set from a manufacturer that will warranty and stand behind their product. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Steve
a Cross Country Rider
from Spokane, WA
Date Reviewed: May 23, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Purchased At: | REI | | Strengths: | Good looks, inexpensive. | | Weaknesses: | Spokes. | | Bike Setup: | Gary Fisher Marlin, XT head to tail, Avid BB7's, looking for new wheels. | | Bottom Line: | After years of abusing a set of Mavic Cosmos on my roadie without issues, I decided to go with Mavic to replace the crap Bone-tragers that came stock on my Fish. After only 500 miles of road commuting I lost a spoke on the rear wheel. It broke off at the nipple. NONE of the local shops carry the very cool looking black bladed spokes that come on these things. And with only 24 spokes in the first place, breaking that one put too much stress on the rest. Now with a total of 3 spokes somewhere on the roads around here, I'm taking advantage of REI's 100% satisfaction guarantee and returning them.
I suppose that my 230lbs of flesh and gear might have been too much for this wheel set, or I might have been the lucky one to get a bad spoke. Personally, I feel that mountain bike parts should be strong enough to be abused, and my wheel broke without trail riding abuse.
Bad flamin' chilis for the inconvenience. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
J D
a Cross Country Rider
from Gridley, CA
Date Reviewed: May 19, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Potters Ravine | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$170.00 | | Purchased At: | Price point | | Strengths: | Hubs and price | | Weaknesses: | Tricky when truing | | Bike Setup: | Zion 660 full xt | | Bottom Line: | I'm doing this because some reviews talked about plastic paws in the free hub. I opened mine I didn't see any plastic parts. I saw a nice three sealed bearings and two steel paws. I'm a heavy rider and I've been taking this cross rides on very nasty single tracks and climbs with no problem. I'll recommend it 100% | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
syaiful khaidell
a Weekend Warrior
from malaysia
Date Reviewed: March 2, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Hiap Ho Bike | | Strengths: | Able to handle my weight 220lb. Nice performance, good handling and I like the hubs. Help me in stearing in hills and look nice with my tire. Planning to upgrade but not at the moment. | | Weaknesses: | not yet found | | Similar Products Used: | XTR | | Bike Setup: | Scott Racing Com,XTR groupo,Fox RLC | | Bottom Line: | Will try to stick with the product since I need to look for my second bike. | Value Rating: Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Adam Holmes
a Cross Country Rider
from UK
Date Reviewed: February 28, 2008 | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$235.00 | | Purchased At: | Somewhere in Essex | | Strengths: | Looks trick, light (for the price), reasonable cost wheelset in a seemingly void price band (ie all other wheelsets are either cheap or mega expensive!!) | | Weaknesses: | Not really found anything to grumble about, keep in mind the cost of these wheels. | | Similar Products Used: | CrossRide 2002's | | Bike Setup: | Kona Kula frame, Pace EvoIII forks, x-lite bars, XT drive train, Avid Juicy ultimate hydros. | | Bottom Line: | Bottom line is that these Wheels are sweet for the price! several other reviews seem to forget that you're goning get what you pay for, there's a reason that superlight race/marathon/trail wheelsets are mega bucks and thats because they're far better made, lighter etc.
If you're buying these as a good quality nicely priced wheelset then they tick all the boxes for beginner/intermediate riding.
If you're buying at them at $200 and then compare them to a $600 wheelset then they're clearly not going to be as good!!!!! If you're planning on thrashing your wheels get more money out and buy better (DT Swiss or Hope etc). | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Shawn Hyde
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, CA
Date Reviewed: January 11, 2008 | | Favoriate Trail: | Bobcat | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance O'Side | | Strengths: | Inexpensive, Look Good, Good Hubs, Disk/rim brake option on same wheel. | | Weaknesses: | Not sturdy enough for me. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic Crossland, never had any trouble with them. | | Bike Setup: | GT STS 1000 DS, XTR Drivetrain. Avid CODE disc brakes, RS Recon 135mm, currently running backup wheel set because... | | Bottom Line: | Used these for three months and started doing some heavy cross country. I went down and that was the end of it. Rims are ready for some sour cream from tacobell. Hubs are ok, but at $200 for a new pair it's not worth it to relace them to new rims. Great wheels while I was XC only, but if you are even thinking about doing any light freeride, move on. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jay Norstein
a Cross Country Rider
from Middletown
Date Reviewed: December 29, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | wherever. | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$195.00 | | Purchased At: | Pricepoint. | | Strengths: | Reasonable for price. look like pro stuff, hubs are sweet. Not sure what to think because i have read all the other reviews and not all of them are very good. I hope mine dont do what some of the consumers described. | | Weaknesses: | Mine went out of true kinda quickly. But thats an easy fix, and Pricepoint sent them a little damaged anyway. Which took an hour of my time re-seating a couple of the spokes and doing a crappy truing job. but it did the trick.
Otherwise, lets see how far i can pound on these rims until i have to replace them. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano M525, stock giant yukon rims | | Bike Setup: | Very good hardtail. | | Bottom Line: | Like i said, i dont know what to think about these rims. I smashed my old ones and bought these ones thinking i was going to get an incredible deal, Look at them, they look like bombshells or something a pro would use for competing in races. But reading all the reports, apparently some guys/girls hate the, some love them. Me, personally, i like them, just need a truing job on the back and front, and then they're perfect. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Tonman Roorkamper
a Cross Country Rider
from Three Rivers, CA. USA
Date Reviewed: December 17, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Case Mtn BLM | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$180.00 | | Purchased At: | Local Bike shop | | Strengths: | You get great Mavic rims, straight-pull spokes,sealed bearings, and a 2-yr warranty. They are smooth, straight and true. The rims and lacing can withstand moderate stunts and rocky descents without going out of true. I feel that they are stronger than a traditional hooked-spoke wheel. I weigh 160lbs and ride aggressively. I want to like these wheels, I really do. | | Weaknesses: | The free-hub pawls are weak, with ridiculously small and fragile plastic retainers. The freewheel mechanism self-destructed after 5 1/2 months of riding. My twice weekly ride in the Sierra Nevadas requires more than an hour of extremely steep, brutal,unrelenting climbing - the pawls just couldn't stand the pressure. Perhaps on more rolling terrain the hub would have survived. | | Similar Products Used: | Shimano XT w/ Mavic 717(excellent!), WTB Speed-disc(crap-tacular!) | | Bike Setup: | Specialized '04 Enduro, XT/XTR, Fox Vanilla 140 RLC, Avid Juicy 7's, Kenda Blue Grooves | | Bottom Line: | Stick with Shimano hubs- they are inexpensive, durable, and user serviceable. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Richard Wyngaard
a Cross Country Rider
from East London South Africa
Date Reviewed: December 11, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | Less than 1 month | | Price Paid: |
$150.00 | | Strengths: | Looks great, makes people think you are a pro...oh and they are not square. | | Weaknesses: | plastic stickers come off quickly. (should be painted on!) Heavy weight. freewheel system cheap and MADE OF plastic!!! I broke mine within 24hrs of purchase going off a tiny jump. MAVIC wouldn't replace it they only sent parts to REPAIR., took 5 days to get fixed. | | Bike Setup: | 2007 Stevens, SRAM X9 all round, Juicy 5's, truvative cranks, rock shox REBA SL, Schwalbe R.R tires | | Bottom Line: | Dont buy this product unless your trails are made of smooth sand. Any rocks, jumps or heavy pedalling and the freewheel system will snap like twig. Buy these rims and you will be disappointed. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Julius
a Cross Country Rider
from San Diego, CA, USA
Date Reviewed: December 6, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Noble Canyon, CA | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Price Paid: |
$180.00 | | Purchased At: | Price Point | | Strengths: | Looks, very stiff, bladed spokes, sturdy hubs, rim & disc compatible and pretty cheap for the performance. | | Weaknesses: | Rotational weight | | Bike Setup: | BMC Fourstroke 03 | | Bottom Line: | For less than $200 you have a solid entry level XC wheelset who wants to start MTB seriously. You want rim brakes? Check. You want disc? Check. The hubs are solid. No problems with the bearings and I went thru these on a 24 enduro. They're tough! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
broom broom
a Weekend Warrior
from Scotland
Date Reviewed: October 9, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Glen Tres | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$210.00 | | Purchased At: | Evans cycles | | Strengths: | Value for money, looks, strength | | Weaknesses: | None so far | | Similar Products Used: | Dt swiss, Sun rims, Mavic 321 | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Stumpy 07 Expert, stock except crossrides, thomson post, Odi, Hope clamps and skewers and high rollers | | Bottom Line: | This is a really great product, for the money its worth it. I had DT swiss on before had to replace 6 spokes within the first couple of months. I have had no problems so far with the Mavic's. I would say if you want to upgrade but aren't looking for race weight or downhill bombproof. Then these are the perfect trail wheels they handle jumps, rock gardens and drops no problem. I have two other friend who bought at the same time none of us have had any problems !!!!! | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Jang Shian (Yin) Chen
a Cross Country Rider
from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date Reviewed: October 1, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Kesas motor lane & most of KL Bike Hash Trail | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Bike Pro Malaysia | | Strengths: | Value for money & its look cool.. Good for normal use & light jungle terrain. | | Weaknesses: | So far so good | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 217 rim with XT 760 hub | | Bike Setup: | Giant NRS Team, XT Grouppo, Mavic Crossride | | Bottom Line: | If ur in low budget ur looking for an exotic look alike wheelset. Such as Mavic Crossmax, i can say this is the answer.
Performance is outstanding. I've using it for Crosscontry road riding & even HASH for more than 1,000km (600miles) & its still performed well.
Even cyclist around thought it was a Mavic Crossmax hehe Cool..
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Submitted by
Rick
a Cross Country Rider
from Houston, TX, USA
Date Reviewed: September 25, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Huntsville SP | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$200.00 | | Purchased At: | Performance.com | | Strengths: | Stiff, Light weigh, low cost | | Weaknesses: | Rims do not hold up with 220lB rider | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic 317 / Shimano XTR, Forte Loco | | Bike Setup: | Specialized Epic | | Bottom Line: | The rear wheel held up good for 6 mo of XC riding (about 2k miles) but then the rim cracked and 3 of the drive side spoke eyelets pulled through. Performance.com replaced the wheel at no charge. Mavic XC rims do not stand up well under a 220lB rider.
Hub and bearings ran well. Front wheel is still performing well. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Nicety boy Flloyd b
a Weekend Warrior
from Erindale, Ontario, Canada
Date Reviewed: August 29, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Uncle Hilty | | Duration Product Used: | 3 months | | Price Paid: |
$250.00 | | Purchased At: | Cycle Solutions | | Strengths: | Looks good. Replaceable bearings, funky flat spokes, decent weight. | | Weaknesses: | Flexy, not strong enough. | | Similar Products Used: | Mavix 223?, | | Bike Setup: | Giant AC, Marz Pro ETA | | Bottom Line: | They seemed pretty good but felt alot of flex. I ride very hard bashy all mountain/trail style, no drops over 3 feet if any at all, only do small natural terrain jumps. I taco'd the front badly after 2 months. The flat spokes are strong until sideways pressure is exerted. I weigh 200 Lbs, 220 with gear. Look elsewhere unless you weigh les than 175 and don't ride too aggressively. | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
Brian F
a Weekend Warrior
from Lynnwood, WA
Date Reviewed: August 26, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | Ratpack, which is now a condo for 50+ folks. | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$179.00 | | Purchased At: | REI | | Strengths: | great look, super smooth hubs, Price! | | Weaknesses: | Blew out 2 spokes going over a log... worst part was being 5 miles from the car with a two mile downhill ahead, yikes! | | Similar Products Used: | Mavic d321 laced to hayes hugi hubs. single tracks laced to xt hubs, velocity deep v disc laced to xt... the list goes on | | Bike Setup: | Lots of goodies, marzocchi marathon sl, hayes carbons, full xt with sram rocket shifters, the good stuff. | | Bottom Line: | Great wheel for the price but am concerned with the way the spokes popped out. Happened right next to each other, must have lost tension and the slid right out. would not have happened if it were a normal spoke. but hey I cannot complain because the wheels are really nice for the price point. Try and find a wheel that runs as smooth as these for that price you will be looking for awhile. Well happy trails... | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
Submitted by
john sczowski
a Cross Country Rider
from wilson, wy 83002
Date Reviewed: August 2, 2007 | | Favoriate Trail: | dirt | | Duration Product Used: | 6 months | | Price Paid: |
$197.00 | | Purchased At: | local buy | | Strengths: | incredible value-strong so far-stiff(mavic!) | | Weaknesses: | nothing for the price | | Bike Setup: | blur lt | | Bottom Line: | first off, i had no idea that the 2007 build doesn't have eyelets. get the 06 if you can that has them-you need them for this wheel set. these things are strong and have the renowned simple mavic hub. im not spending 900 bucks to save 400 grams on wheels even though that is the most important place. dont believe the hype, you're riding a mountain bike through the woods beating the crap out of everything in sight, hopefully smiling. i used to race semi-pro xc and ran the crossmax at cost(it was below 50% retail) so it wasn't that big of a hit to have really nice wheels. if these dont work im trying the crosstrail set. mavic makes the best wheels period for mtb and im stoked to have these. i ride hard xc and no problems...yet | | Value Rating:Overall Rating: |
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Core_Shot
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from Boulder, CO
Date Reviewed: August 1, 2007 | | Duration Product Used: | 1 Year | | Purchased At: | Shop Employee Purchase | | Str |
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