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Aksiums with miss matched spokes

jethrothe2nd · 2018-08-26 10:32:57

I bought a set of Mavic Aksiums from my local bike shop a couple of weeks ago. I noticed today that on the rear wheel half the spokes are bladed and half are not. On the front wheel none of the spokes are bladed. I have Aksiums on one of my other bikes (bought from the same shop) and all the spokes are bladed. I can't…

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26-08-2018 11:32am

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jethrothe2nd

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I bought a set of Mavic Aksiums from my local bike shop a couple of weeks ago. I noticed today that on the rear wheel half the spokes are bladed and half are not. On the front wheel none of the spokes are bladed. I have Aksiums on one of my other bikes (bought from the same shop) and all the spokes are bladed. I can't imagine they came from the factory like that. Is there any logical reason why these would be different, and does it really matter?

Edit, did what I should have done in the first place. Not jumped to conclusions and referred to the Mavic website. It is correct.

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