So after 5 months of use on all types of terrain the wheels have been awesome, and humble pie is being eaten. Our comparison to these wheels were I Nine Enduro wheels which we have been building and riding for a few years now. In our opinion they were a Mavic done right! Low rotational mass, very fast engagement, alloy spokes using standard rims. While the Mavic’s may not engage as fast the weight is slightly better (60 grams per pair) and they feel a little quicker. Under high load cornering the I Nines would make a few spoke pinging noises but the Mavic’s run silent. The only issue we’ve had was a pinging from the rear drive spokes under load as the touched at the crossings. This was easily fixed though. Trueness and balance was good out of the box (approx+/- 0.1mm) and has remained good with no need to true. While we can build truer wheels that run trouble free the complete package has proved to be very good. We now offer them on build options and they are finally in stock and ready to go………..until we find something else that’s as good……….more on that in another post!
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Original Published: 2:20pm Friday, 19th June 2009 - NZST
