This is what's wrong with The Industry™
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funny how that works huh. i still have mavic rims, but at this point they're not on my radar when it comes to "rims i'd consider using"
I feel like Mavic used to sell a ton of complete wheelsets (remember when crossmax/deemax was the bees knees?)...plus their absolute dominance of the rim market (nobody ever considered anything other than a 321 or 317 back in the day) and now you have very valid contenders from stan's and DT, plus no-name stuff from China and ENVE for the spendy-bois. Even road stuff has gone to HED, DT, and others.
The Easton/RaceFace ARC, HED Belgium, HED big deal fat rim, Stan's if the price is right.
Strange, I really likes my deemax, 729 was great.
DT Swiss had great wheels, now I just consider their hubs if I want a light wheel set.
Strange, I really likes my deemax, 729 was great.
DT Swiss had great wheels, now I just consider their hubs if I want a light wheel set.
i've got a couple sets of these "classic" mavic rims sitting around. 325's (dee trax), 721 i think (currently on dh bike) and 823's (to be laced for DH bike)
Mavic has probably done some strategic mistakes, first they focussed on developing wheel sets only and just went on with their traditional range of rims which became quickly outdated... then they were late on the wider rim front. After that they seem to have had troubles with handling too many different spare parts.
I still have 521 on my commuter
I still have 521 on my commuter
Mavic probably fucked themselves wtih those shitty old rear hubs they used to put on their Crossmax wheels. 
close.Mavic probably fucked themselves wtih those shitty old rear hubs they used to put on any of their wheels.
I lol'd.
i hated their hubs so much i cut the spokes out to remove the hub as fast as i possibly could.
It’s a shame. I have built hundreds of wheels, and I used to INSIST on Mavic rims unless there was some customer specific reason not to.
Nowadays not so much...
Nowadays not so much...
Mavic acted a lot like Shimano confident in their market position and slow to look at trends. Both made attempts to diversify into clothing lines while ignoring their core markets. Twenty years ago Scram was a joke now they own the OEM market. Twenty years ago Stans no tubes was a joke now they are more relavant then Mavic.
Keep on believing.
A day late and a post short
Is that what she said?
Can I play too?
I have a set of 819's that I can't seem to kill.
Still in use, going to be on the 14 year olds bike this year.
...just hope I don't kill him making him deal with 19mm unridabru wheelz.
I have a set of 819's that I can't seem to kill.
Still in use, going to be on the 14 year olds bike this year.
...just hope I don't kill him making him deal with 19mm unridabru wheelz.
not that this impacts any of us, but 
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/product-tech/2019/03/15/tire-makers-react-after-enve-issues-warning#.XI_M2ShKiM8
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/product-tech/2019/03/15/tire-makers-react-after-enve-issues-warning#.XI_M2ShKiM8
2/2 on playing the blame others for your product shortcomings gamenot that this impacts any of us, but
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/product-tech/2019/03/15/tire-makers-react-after-enve-issues-warning#.XI_M2ShKiM8
I got:
dramatically grow standardized technologies
Not a phrase spoken very often in the bike industry
I think the bigger issue is the wheel size. How is he going to survive the gnar? Get him on a 29-er, no matter if the bike fits him or not. Did the memo not reach you? Jeeez!
Ahh yes, the Chris King™ defense...."it's not us, it's you".not that this impacts any of us, but
https://www.bicycleretailer.com/product-tech/2019/03/15/tire-makers-react-after-enve-issues-warning#.XI_M2ShKiM8
Proprietary wheels as a whole. They put too much into them and too little into wheels you can build. They also sucked OEM wise. They also didn't push promising products. They had their tubeless idea first and basically did nothing with it.
A shop employee he could get replacement spokes for a three year old mavic wheel.
Mavic laughed like anyone would use the same wheels for three years.
Mavic laughed like anyone would use the same wheels for three years.
It's sad since they had so many good product and good technology. Still have 3 sets of dh mavic rims for my 26er dh rig
https://newatlas.com/hi-power-cycles-scout-pro/58972/
up to 45mph, 117 ft/lbs of torques, thumb throttle
up to 45mph, 117 ft/lbs of torques, thumb throttle
yes, that's exactly what it looks like.
Haha...well that should help all the old, cancer ridden, uncapable of riding a normal bike, feel good stories about how ebikes help us old folk go 45 mph
That’s a Chinese parts bin bike. Only notable thing is the Bafang Max (I think that’s what they call it) mid drive. Years of research, my ass. More like 5 minutes spent picking options from the Chinese factory catalogue.