|   Crossmax ?? | jawa
Mar 11, 2002 7:00 PM | | I have a chance to buy a pair of crossmax for under 400 from Mavic, should I or shouldn't I?
Thanks. |
| No | JmZ
Mar 11, 2002 8:02 PM | | I'm of the anti-system wheel faction.
If you want tubeless Mavic will offer their rims up for sale in the near future. I don't like that the wheels are not user servicable, and that parts are more difficult to get.
If you just want a lightweight set of wheels... Then even at $400 you can get better. Heck I built a set of XTR's on 517's that came in at an actual 1567g, and it cost me much less.
Even buying the wheels mailorder from a good shop (i.e. Colorado Cyclist) would run less than the $400, including an upcharge to revolutions on the front wheel.
JmZ |
| No!!! | pedalinbob
Mar 11, 2002 9:59 PM | | go to oddsandendos.com, get the number and call Mike. for $400 you can get a great custom built wheelset.
JmZ is correct!
Bob |
| UST is Mavic only right now | mtnbkaz
Mar 12, 2002 7:52 AM | | If you want UST right now the only way to get it is CrossMax or CrossRoc. Mavic has disc-only UST rims for building a custom wheel but they postponed their custom UST rims for V-brakes. So unless you want discs the only UST choices right now (or in the near future) are the 2 "system" wheels from Mavic. |
| Is Mavic the only choice? | JmZ
Mar 12, 2002 9:36 AM | | Preface: I am not riding Mavic's Universal Silly Tubeless, or anyone else's tubless setup currently.
That said, weren't some of the other rim makers getting ready to introduce their tubless rims to the public. This could be a viable alternative if Mavic's rims are not available to the public minus the rest of the wheel.
I still think that for $400 he could do better than X-Max, even if it is tubeless.
JmZ |
| Bontrager has some... | mtnbkaz
Mar 12, 2002 2:55 PM | | But I think they use some form of rim strip to seal the rims. I guess it works OK but I really haven't seen them on the trails and don't know much about them.
For $400, I would definitely buy the CrossMax's. Even if you don't want them yourself you could probably sell them on Ebay for a profit. If you don't want tubeless, then I'd spend about $450 on a top-of-the-line set of King/517 wheels. (That being said, I personally decided to give UST a whirl and picked up some CrossMax wheels this weekend but paid more than $400.) |
| UST is Mavic only right now | jawa
Mar 12, 2002 1:04 PM | | The shop I work at actually got the UST rims in yesterday. They are NOT for disc brakes as they have a sidwall braking service. The mavic rep was in friday and said that they would not be available this year?? Go figure. |
| re: UST is Mavic only right now | mtnbkaz
Mar 12, 2002 2:57 PM | | That's weird. I haven't heard of anyone that has actually seen the non-disc rims. The Mavic rep said the same thing about availability to my LBS (which swayed me to the decision to go CrossMax now instead of wait until next year). |
| Depends | Mattb
Mar 12, 2002 3:06 PM | | Do you want a "system" or more of the custom build? There are pluses and minus to both, and most people that are buying rims at this price are polarized on one side. Where most people come out is that they can buy the ultimate pair of custom built wheels for about $450 (something like King hubs and 517s) or even $275 (XTR hubs and 517s). Compared to the price tag for the top line system wheels (Cane Creek or Mavics) you will spend about $700 to $800. You don't have this problem though. Make no mistake all the wheels are solid. I would like to say one would be better, but it probably comes more down to philosophy. System people believe in the package fitting together, a balanced approach that can't be approached by the custom builds. Also looks probably come into play here too. Custom build people believe in the individual components performance, and the ability to tweak and adjust wheel to their needs.
I had the same dilemma, and for what it is worth, I found a new set of Cross Max for about the same price and have been nothing but satisfied.
Matt |
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