Mavic Wheel Cracks

[hozn]

Yikes! Was this just the stock/factory wheel (i.e. hadn’t been re-tensioned or had other work on it)? I thought these were supposed to be pretty tough wheels, though I have only 2nd-hand reports to support that.

I wouldn’t ride it. Well, I probably would, but only while waiting for its replacement. You might want to consider a deeper rim — and maybe more spokes would be good too. For “factory-built” (I think they’re actually hand-built), I’ve had good experience with Easton wheels. You might want to consider the locally-built November FSW23 wheelset too — http://www.novemberbicycles.com/fsw-23/. Those should be really sturdy wheels (especially 28/32) and nice & wide too.

[dbb]

Wheel was new about a year ago. It was a warranty replacement for another Mavic. I had it trued this past May.

It is off the bike. I replaced it with the winter wheels/tires I had hanging in the garage awaiting assembly.

Purchased the initial wheel from Revolution so I’ll pay them a visit.

[mstone]

These are the 20 spoke model? I’ve heard the arguments about why spoke count isn’t important any more but I still run 36/32 on the sturdy bike.

[hozn]

@dbb 61434 wrote:

Wheel was new about a year ago. It was a warranty replacement for another Mavic. I had it trued this past May.

It is off the bike. I replaced it with the winter wheels/tires I had hanging in the garage awaiting assembly.

Purchased the initial wheel from Revolution so I’ll pay them a visit.

It’s possible they over-tensioned the wheel when they trued it. I believe that this is the explanation for cracks at the spoke holes (tension too high). Hopefully Revolution will help you out; 2500 miles is *way* too few for a wheel failure like that.

[JimF22003]

I just had to have a Kysrium SL rim replaced because of rim cracks like that. I had more than 2500 miles on them but it was still a little disappointing. It cost me $300 to get the rim and spokes replaced at the factory. Cheaper than a new wheel I guess.

[Tim Kelley]

@hozn 61432 wrote:

You might want to consider the locally-built November FSW23 wheelset too — http://www.novemberbicycles.com/fsw-23/. Those should be really sturdy wheels (especially 28/32) and nice & wide too.

+1 for November. I have a set of their road wheels that is about a year and half old, has been ridden hard, and hasn’t needed any upkeep!

[NicDiesel]

@mstone 61437 wrote:

These are the 20 spoke model? I’ve heard the arguments about why spoke count isn’t important any more but I still run 36/32 on the sturdy bike.

I had a local shop that shall remain nameless try to convince me that the 20 spoke Mavics would support me better than a 48h wheel. I weighted 420lbs at the time…

[mstone]

@NicDiesel 61493 wrote:

I had a local shop that shall remain nameless try to convince me that the 20 spoke Mavics would support me better than a 48h wheel. I weighted 420lbs at the time…

They should get down on their knees and thank god you won’t name them. Those are wheels for light people. (I wouldn’t look at them for anyone over 180, personally.)

[NicDiesel]

@mstone 61503 wrote:

They should get down on their knees and thank god you won’t name them. Those are wheels for light people. (I wouldn’t look at them for anyone over 180, personally.)

They were really nice guys and meant well but I just couldn’t believe they were being serious. I mean, the warranty is pretty sweet but that made no sense at all.

[off2ride]

It’s unfortunate but some Mavic wheels do crack like that. I saw a set of cracked Ksyrium SL’s black when I was working at the Pro Shop in Gtown. Not sure what the end result was.

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