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Mavic 223, good, bad? (6 posts)
|  Mavic 223, good, bad? | igor (H.H.)
Dec 4, 2002 1:12 PM | | I am 135lbs and looking for light yet strong wheels. Are they good with xt hub? Need your opinions? I ride not too agressive XC. Thanks, igor |
| Got ya by 100 lbs and they work great! nm | ps
Dec 4, 2002 4:40 PM | | |
| Well... | CE
Dec 4, 2002 6:18 PM | | They should hold up if your doing light XC. But they did'nt fair well with me and I am 185lb beast of burden and I had to true mine daily. Should do good if you dont jump them or drop with them. Cheers |
| re: Mavic 223, good, bad? | hardtailTrauma
Dec 5, 2002 11:26 AM | | While they will probably be just fine, the few extra bucks for a Maxtal rim is probably money well spent. By this I mean the 517 or 317 (disc) or anything more stout than those. Maxtal is the better alloy that Mavic uses and is not in all of its rims. |
| re: Mavic 223, good, bad? | pimpbot
Dec 5, 2002 3:04 PM | | I've been seeing posts about how Bontrager Mustangs hold up really well. They weigh a bit more than Mavics, but they're pretty bulletproof. THe rear is asymetrical so the spokes don't have to have much dish. I think they come in around 420g each. Mavic 517's are around 400g each. |
| Mine were OE........... | quaffimodo
Dec 6, 2002 2:08 PM | | The build wasn't the best as they came on the bike, but after they were evened up I had no durability issues with them in about 500 miles of hard use. I'm bigger than the other kids my age too......."hard on stuff" is an understatement. I replaced them on the original machine for intangible bike-geek reasons, and the front is still going strong on my SS. |
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