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DrafterDate Reviewed: July 11, 2012
Strengths: Light weight, reliable, easy to work on, spokes easy to find. Great color. Love the QRs.Weaknesses: They don't still make this designBottom Line: Last night was the death of my Heliums. The death of a wheelset may prompt a bad review for some, but I looked at the life that both sets of my Helium wheels have had and am inspired to type a positive memoir instead. To be accurate, I have had 2 sets of these wheels that were both replaced this year. One set had 13 years of road riding and the second had 8 years on the road and 4 as a CX wheel. The only maintenance needed in the average year was a little truing and some grease in the hub. I had to replace 3 spokes over the years and SAPIM straight pull proved to be easy to come by and inexpensive, especially compared to some of the proprietary spokes on the market. Ride quality was great, they spin up fast, and look beautiful. If I had a crack at a new set, I would buy them again, even with more modern designs on the market. RIP Heliums. You will be missed.
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redlemond aide
a Recreational RiderDate Reviewed: March 28, 2010
Strengths: anodizing looks nice.Weaknesses: the idiots who own them.Bottom Line: these wheels aren't the newest or lightest, but i think most of the people who reviewed the product don't know how to true radial laced wheels, or their mechanic is a neandertal. i weigh from 210-220 day in and day out. i have never had issues, i barely do any maintenance--i check spoke tension every other month and they are never out. i suggest they purchase a tensionometer and a truing stand and figure out what the heck they are doing. these wheels have a relatively high spoke count by today's standards and are fairly easy to maintain. i ride a moderate amount, about 400 miles per month by the way.
Favorite Ride: 95762
Purchased At: cbw-sac
Similar Products Used: mavic open pro/chris king hubs
Bike Setup: oclv carbon fiber lemond, dura ace.
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Coby
a Road RacerDate Reviewed: May 18, 2009
Strengths: Very durableWeaknesses: no weaknessesBottom Line: Excellent wheels. Very high quality. They still remain true to this very day. I wouldn't change them for anything.
Favorite Ride: road
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$1000.00
Purchased At: bike store
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Brittonyoung
a Road RacerDate Reviewed: May 14, 2009
Strengths: im a 170 lbrider ,,,,, i order all my wheels from Dave, his company is called Speedream Wheels!!!!Weaknesses: ----------------------------------------------------
Bottom Line: Mavic is the worst wheels ive ever bought. The first was the Mavic Helium and the second was the Mavic Ksyrium. I will never send any whell back to the company unless i dont want it in return. They take forever to repair, and design is too fragile, ive never had such a problem with truing a wheelste such as the Mavic Helium.
Favorite Ride: Serrotta CTI
Price Paid:
$1000.00
Purchased At: Bike Link
Similar Products Used: THey Mavic scewers are awesome, thats the only good stuff Mavic makes
Bike Setup: Campy nine
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kato258
a Recreational RiderDate Reviewed: February 9, 2009
Strengths: I was a little concerned about the light weight and lower spoke count. But I've not had a single problem in 1500 miles (and we have few potholes around Chicago).Weaknesses: The decals are peeling. Not aero but I'm not that fast enought for it to matter. Hub ratchet is louder than my Ultegra's.Bottom Line: I purchased these used. These turned out to be a great wheelset buy. I've used these all last season on my 2nd bike with ZERO problems. Light, true and fast.
Favorite Ride: Harmon Hundred
Price Paid:
$120.00
Purchased At: eBay
Similar Products Used: Ultegra hubs w/ Mavic Open Pro rims.
Bike Setup: 160lb rider; Serotta Concourse, Continental GP4000 700cx23
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