Mavic ksyrium sl opinions

I don't think you can go too far wrong with Mavic. Have Ksyrium Elite UST myself. €390 (including tires) in 2019. They're about 70g heavier than the SL. Couldn't fault them in any way tbh. Even raced a season on them. They've been through 3 winters in the West of Ireland and still on original bearings. Absolutely bomb proof wheels.

I bought a pair of Kysrium S a couple of months ago from Alltricks. They were 349 euro.

They weigh in at 1570 grammes. I think, they're great. I have them on my Planet X titanium bike. They look the business.

I was thinking of getting the SLs, but couldn't justify the cost for a weight saving of 70 grammes or so.

I have a set of the original ones from maybe 2004 timeframe. No issues with bearings or freewheel etc but a spoke pulled the threaded hole out of the rim. Common enough issue with them - but that might only be the early ones. I suppose they owe me nothing at this stage 🙄

had some sl's about 2012 always thought they caught crosswinds and tended to get a bit of a wobble around 70kmh. zondas were better imho.

A1 Wheelset.

The brake tracks will wear quicker than the standard Ksyriums but as you’ve bought new, there’s no need to worry about that for many thousand Kms as long as you keep the brake tracks and pads fairly clean.

I Wouldn’t be pairing them up with a 105 groupset, however, as there is a mismatch there. But that’s personal choice. You might upgrade groupset over time or just ride it as it is with the new wheels...up to you.

You're some man for a change of mind; last week you were happy with the Aksiums 😄😄

Top of the range wheels within a mid-range groupset.

Not that it matters anyway - they’ll still be a big improvement on the Aksiums!

You might want to upgrade your bullsh1t radar.

If nicksnikita is right, the difference between the cheaper Ksyriums and the expensive one is 70g of braking material on the rim; which to my mind makes it an inferior product.

I'd love to hear the technical justification for a plusher ride

How do you mean they're half price at 850? Are you saying the shop you got them in had them advertised at 1700 euro?

Either way you've paid way over the odds but each to their own I suppose. Great wheel and they should give you trouble free riding for a long time to come. Which is more than I would say about Zondas 🙈. Rear wheel from a set I bought was nothing but trouble. That's a different story though!

Do you remember your tales of woe with Conti GP5000s a couple of years back? Welcome to that (x2) with Mavic UST rims!

What is this shop that's giving out Cube Aim Pros for half price? I don't need one, but fcuk it at 325 I'll take one!! 😂

From my experience with Ksyriums, I wouldn't buy another set. My first entry level set were Ksyrium Equipe S I think. Go them in 2012 and had they were bulletproof until the rear rim failed when a spoke pulled through it. They were borderline not owing me anything at the point, they had about 12k on them, which is arguably a bit low, but on the other hand at the time I was probably at the upper end of their recommended weight and my local road surfaces can leave a bit to be desired.

The set I replaced them with - mid range, not sure of the exact model - were utter pants. The rear rapidly went out of true and absolutely refused to be trued, even to the extent of being rebuilt the the wheel builder in my LBS who took it as an Ahab like challenge. I think they lasted 2 wobbly years before being consigned to the bin (well, the rear anyway, the front was ok). The big problem, and this wouldn't be just a Mavic problem in fairness, is seized nipples as they use alloy. LBS guy was against them as well as he'd seen a huge drop in quality control with Mavic in the middle of the last decade. They've hopefully improved now that they've been bought out and returned to their core business, but having been burnt, I'm very happily running on a set of DT Swiss PR 1600

Anyway, that's my 2c, and I do have to say when the wheels were doing what they were supposed to do, they were great. Hopefully OP your experience will be better

Tidy. Best of luck with the new setup 👍

Looks mint 🤝

Sounds to me to be an issue with the free and the pawls slipping / not engaging when climbing.

He’s not cross chaining though - he’s in the small front chainring and lightest rear sprocket