Comments on: Mavic Crossmax 29″er Wheel Set: Update

By: Fat Tire 40 Won On A 29″er SS! » Twenty Nine Inches

Fat Tire 40 Won On A 29″er SS! » Twenty Nine Inches — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:44:38 +0000

[...] Our very own Captain Bob placed 43rd in the Short and Fat 16 mile event. Look for a report on the Mavic Crossmax 29″er wheels he used there [...]

By: Oxygen

Oxygen — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:39:55 +0000

Hi GT thanks for the comments and sorry about my engrish (typo). I was looking at the mavic site … http://www.mavic.com/mtb/technologies/ which has the description of the hub technology under the QRM icon for the bearing and FTS-X for the pawl. I was pretty taken by the drilling on the rim (FORE) and the spoke nipple (ZICRAL). Looks pretty nice all up.

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:11:59 +0000

Oxygen: The hubs were a bit loose when we recieved this pre-production set since they had been demoed before. We had them adjusted, and several hundred miles later they are still running fine. I believe these are similar to last years upgraded hubs, but I would need to recheck that to be sure.

By: Oxygen

Oxygen — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:01:52 +0000

Wheels look amazing-sexy-cool. They are light too. I want to have a set. But what about the Mavic Hubs. Have the seals and bearings been improved on this wheel? I cant anyone tell what type of hub this is? There certainly were some issues with the older hubs…..Any comments??

By: joe

joe — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:51:07 +0000

“I believe these wheels (and tires) will make me faster”

Cool, why don’t you time yourself on a 20-30′ minute long course and see what happens. I have two set time trial loops at Oleta and it takes the guess work out and puts up the facts. 22:35 is the record for #1 and 29:10 for #2, new bikes arrives in a few weeks, should be interesting.

By: Captain Bob

Captain Bob — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:50:10 +0000

Are you telling me that I might have to give back the wheels?

That’s not fair………..

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:38:58 +0000

In the case of these wheels, yes. I expect to be sending them back. In the case of the tires, we expect that we’ll wear them out, so not much sense in sending them back.

Other things get thrown into the long term test cycle, which we will update you on periodically.

Some of the items on Twenty Nine Inches we actually pay for out of pocket. Those items we might resell at some point as used.

So, the answer is varied dependent upon the situation. Hope that answers your question.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:48:31 +0000

Guitar Ted: Just curious, and you’ve probably answered this before, but what do you do with all of the equipment that gets tested? Do you have to send it back?

Dustin

By: Guitar Ted

Guitar Ted — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:35:57 +0000

R-Train: Captain Bob’s review on the Python’s will be posted next. Stay tuned!

By: R-Train

R-Train — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:53:42 +0000

Thanks for that review. What did you think about the pythons?