Kako si Pepsi,
I have the mavic's, Tubular though. I weigh more than you and come from BMX racing background (I am sometimes rough with wheels). I do treat the Mavic's pretty good and have had no problems with them so far.
Here in Sydney, Aust they (veulta importers) sponsor a large team. I have seen and heard of some spoke breaking problems with them. Maybe due to the price or because of the team they seem to be a popular wheel.
The mavics sure do feel fast and stiff enough for me and I had late 90's ALU campy scirocco & shamals as well back then. I have had to adjust the front hub a little tighter some times with the mavics. I think for the $$ the Mavics are ok.
Carbon wheels
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I've got a set of the Vuelta Carbon Pro clinchers on my bike (44mm depth) and they're a great wheel. Stiff and responsive. I weigh 64kg so I guess I wouldn't be putting huge stress on them compared with someone who has 20kg of bodyweight on me but I do ride them on dodgy suburban roads and have hit many a pothole around Brisbane.
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Pepsi wrote:Rickyfirst wrote:Pepsi wrote:Rickyfirst wrote:Pepsi wrote:That's why i need a 50 mm carbon wheels and a good alu braking surface ( 80% of my rides are hilly so i use barke a lot on descent).
For that use Mavic are definitly not what you need.
why not?:shock:
beacuse of weight?
Too heavy for hillclimbing.
What is the use of a aero wheelset for hillclimbing ?
Aero wheels are interesting for pro who could climbing at high speed (more than 30 Km/h).
First i am not so bad at hillclimbing. And second.Now i have Campagnolo Zonda 06. Difference in weight between Cosmic and Zonda is around 300 g in favour of Zonda. I think i wont be much of a major obstacle at hillclimbing.
Facts that you use Campy Zonda and you are a good hillclimber doesn't mean that Mavic Cosmic wheels are good for hillclimbing. Even pros remove them for mountain stages.
By the way, it is possible to climb with cosmic wheels but efficiency is far from the best hillclimbing wheels.
my Litespeed Archon custom :
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Rickyfirst wrote:Facts that you use Campy Zonda and you are a good hillclimber doesn't mean that Mavic Cosmic wheels are good for hillclimbing. Even pros remove them for mountain stages.
First i am not a pro. And those 5 extra second on hill wont destroy my day.
Rickyfirst wrote:By the way, it is possible to climb with cosmic wheels but efficiency is far from the best hillclimbing wheels.
I'm 100% aware about this and i doent bother me at all. I just need a good, stiff, high rim wheels