istigatrice wrote:Sorry if I missed it - but why are you switching to the 2010 Mavic R-Sys wheels? Just because or for aesthetics?
Good question.
After I bought the 2016's, I found someone selling what they said is a 2010 set - excellent condition - and for a great price. Based on reviews I found of the older models - all which praised them for their comfort I decided to grab a second set without riding the 2016's first. Impulse.
However - Based on R-SYS history - visually these wheels match 2007/08 models. These do have the updated, post recall parts on them though. So possibly these are 2007/08 and they were sent to Mavic for updating. The information I'm basing this on is:
http://www.groupesportif.com/mavic/id_rsys.htmlYou can see that in 2009+ the rims adopted a more black appearance. I'm going to call these 2010 model for now though since it has the updated parts.
Back to why I've ordered these: Yes - for aesthetic reasons. They are Silver
they are post recall (and you can tell by the spokes). It will actually be interesting to compare an older set of wheels - against the current version. Based on the ride I had tonight on the 2016's, I'm happy I ordered the 2nd set because I like to have spares of things I like.
I don't plan to 'switch' to the older version - just to have them for occasions when I want a little more 'bling' on the bike
Assuming they ride as well....
They will arrive next week... Here are some photos from the person who sold them to me: