Strengths: Good for 3 years, no problems at all, very strong wheels.
Weaknesses: One simple crack in the hub and now usesless.
Bottom Line:
Good wheels up to yesterday when the front hub did crack (were the straight spokes are connected) Now absoluut useless and very disapointed with the product quality.
Strengths: Super smooth hubs (even after 3 plus years), never trued in same amount of time and have held up over some tough roads.
Weaknesses: Probably weight, tech geeks will want lighter more aero wheels.
Bottom Line:
Until recently I was employed on and living on a yacht that spent most of the time in the Caribbean...which ment lots of third world riding on dubious roads. Not having much room to store equipment ment only one choice of wheels, and what a great choice. NEVER needed service in 3 years! ( Although I'm sure the hubs could use a scheduled service by now....)Light enough to race on and tough enough to train on...even cyclo-cross....I just bought a pair of Rolf Vector Pro's and after reading the reviews I'm switching back to the Classics Pro's.
Favorite Ride: Last 6 sectors of pave with Phil and Paul
Price Paid:
$350.00
Purchased At: ?????
Similar Products Used: Spinergy tubs, Mavic Open Pro, Mavic GP4 Tubs.
Bike Setup: Moots YBB cross bike,Seven Axiom D/A, Eddy Merckx w/ 8 spd D/A.
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Submitted by
lyleseven
a Recreational Rider
from Alameda, CA.
Date Reviewed: November 14, 2002
Strengths: Strong, cushy, reasonably stiff, stay true. A very strong wheel.v
Weaknesses: A little heavy, but role great with momentum.
Bottom Line:
Mavic Open Pros: I put these wheels on as an alternative set to my Campy Neutrons. They are heavier, but very strong and stay true. Although they do not accelerate quite as quickly as the Neutrons, they are very responsive and very comfortable to ride. They are very stable on steep descents. The Neutrons are stiffer and thus, not as cushy as the Open Pros.
Similar Products Used: Mavic CXP-33s, Campy Neutronse
Bike Setup: Custom built Mikkelson, 60 cm, steel road bike with Campy Chorus/Record mix- 10 spd; Michelin Bi-Sport Axial pros.i
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Submitted by
Roger in PA
a Road Racer
from Scranton
Date Reviewed: January 23, 2002
Strengths: None really. They have been fine after retensioning, but no real strengths.
Weaknesses: Frequent truing until retensioning. Hubs are heavy. Cannot be changed to Campy cassette body (I switched to 10s, and had to retire these wheels).
Bottom Line:
I've had problems keeping these true, which a retension by a local builder solved. Other then that they have been fine, but heavier than the Dura Ace - Open Pro wheelset they replaced.
Similar Products Used: Dura Ace - Open Pro's, FiR Road SC (when I went to Campy I switched to these because of the cassette body not being available for Campy, they are a much lighter wheelset that has been much more rel
Strengths: Seem strong, don't go out of true, ride well, reasonably stiff
Weaknesses: Straight-pull spokes are hard to true (you need vice grips to keep the spoke from turning sometimes) and wheels are under very high tension: don't break a spoke!
Bottom Line:
Jury is out on these wheels. I have two pairs from buying two different used bikes. One wheelset has been extremely durable: They came used, and I have put at least 2000km on them: they have stayed true, and ride very nice. The other wheelset has been crap: I broke a spoke, and the wheel was under such tension that it was an instant taco (rear wheel). That wheelset looked to have been nearly new when I started riding it, but of course, I don't know it's history. I am currently rebuilding it, and hopefully I can get it back up to tension. I may need a new rim to boot, which adds up. From what I have heard from others, this is a bomber wheelset for most people, although I only weigh 64kg, so they may be overkill for me. I will rate the wheelset based on the ones I am currently riding (non tacoed!) At the equivalent price I paid when they came on my used bike, $300, they are a great set. I don't know that I would shell out $549 for them, though. It seems that Mavic has some troubles with their build quality coming from the factory: If purchasing new (or used) take the wheels to your best wheelbuilder (the guy who has laced 1000 pairs of wheels) and have him rebuild your wheel for $25 bucks. I guarantee that they will last ten times longer! I would think that a super-light standard wheel with the lightest of everything would be more reliable than ANY pre-build wheel from Mavic: that has been my experience!
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