Trying to figure out the year of this wheel...
07-11-13, 12:27 PM
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Trying to figure out the year of this wheel...
Well I had some eBay bucks and have been itching for a newer front wheel as of late. Ended up pulling the trigger on a used Mavic Ksyrium Equipe. My thoughts being that pretty much anything is lighter than my Velocity B43, which comes in at just about 1200gr w/o tire, tube, and tape... Plus I wanted a lower spoke count in the front as well as aero spokes. I'm not too heavy weighing around 170 while the bike before I got the new rim is just under 20 so the lower spoke count shouldn't be an issue.
Can anybody help confirm the year of this rim though? I did find some stuff though mavic which gives me a pretty good guess, but still not totally sure. My best guess is that it's from '06 These are the only pictures I have to work with until I get the rim. And for those wondering I got the rim for a little over $60 so it's not like I took some big gamble on the rim.
Mavic Info- Go to page 6
https://www.tech-mavic.com/tech-mavic...hemes/2_11.pdf
Can anybody help confirm the year of this rim though? I did find some stuff though mavic which gives me a pretty good guess, but still not totally sure. My best guess is that it's from '06 These are the only pictures I have to work with until I get the rim. And for those wondering I got the rim for a little over $60 so it's not like I took some big gamble on the rim.
Mavic Info- Go to page 6
https://www.tech-mavic.com/tech-mavic...hemes/2_11.pdf
07-11-13, 04:59 PM
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2006 sounds about right. Any older and the decals don't have the "modern" italicized font but a retro 80's like all caps font with the bottom of letters working into stripes.
What you have there is the entry model ksyrium which is a solid wheel nonetheless. Flipside from the higher end models, you don't even need the special star shaped mavic spoke wrench.
What you have there is the entry model ksyrium which is a solid wheel nonetheless. Flipside from the higher end models, you don't even need the special star shaped mavic spoke wrench.
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2006 sounds about right. Any older and the decals don't have the "modern" italicized font but a retro 80's like all caps font with the bottom of letters working into stripes.
What you have there is the entry model ksyrium which is a solid wheel nonetheless. Flipside from the higher end models, you don't even need the special star shaped mavic spoke wrench.
What you have there is the entry model ksyrium which is a solid wheel nonetheless. Flipside from the higher end models, you don't even need the special star shaped mavic spoke wrench.
