Mavic Open Elite
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Mavic Open Elite
I'm looking to build up a silver rim wheelset with record high flange hubs and came across Mavic Open Elite rims.
https://shop.mavic.com/en-ca/open-el...3283&1035=3501
At $40 CAD they are inexpensive, the right drilling (36) and silver. At 490g not the lightest rims on the planet. I would prefer to use Mavic Open Pro C or H Plus Son TB14s but they are either 3x the price or unavailable in the colour or drilling. Any experience?
https://shop.mavic.com/en-ca/open-el...3283&1035=3501
At $40 CAD they are inexpensive, the right drilling (36) and silver. At 490g not the lightest rims on the planet. I would prefer to use Mavic Open Pro C or H Plus Son TB14s but they are either 3x the price or unavailable in the colour or drilling. Any experience?
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Pretty sure they're the same as the old Open Sport from a couple years ago. Bens was selling them in 32h for $25 delivered a few months ago, I bought 2 sets. Haven't gotten around to lacing any of them yet.
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I bought some of the 32h open elites from Ben's a few years ago. They are really nice. I hope they come back in stock. I would not hesitate to use them again. The ERD measured out to 608 if I remember right.
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Looks like I may have spoken prematurely. I'd bought mine in August, but it looks like they're all gone now.
Looks like I may have spoken prematurely. I'd bought mine in August, but it looks like they're all gone now.
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I’ve used them A BUNCH- great rims, very solid, to me seem just like an Open Pro but only eyeletted on the outside.
Have a set mounted up to the 78 Davidson’s first gen DA hubs since the original Weinmann concaves were so uncooperative with nice modern tires.
If I recall, hard to find in 36 drilling and sometimes hard to find at all in black. But nice rims!
Have a set mounted up to the 78 Davidson’s first gen DA hubs since the original Weinmann concaves were so uncooperative with nice modern tires.
If I recall, hard to find in 36 drilling and sometimes hard to find at all in black. But nice rims!
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I got a ton of responses when I asked the same question last Summer.
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...e-his-c-v.html
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...e-his-c-v.html
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Good rims, not Maxtal alloy like the Open Pro or Ksyrium, so are heavier-walled, but quality control and all-around sturdiness are both very good.
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I am going through, box by box, all the unfinished projects in my bike room. These wheels had been laced but not tensioned, dished or trued. I finished them up yesterday.
The rim brake track is soft - my feeler gauges easily shaved bits of aluminum off as I was truing. The seam joint was off by about 1-1.5mm for roundness in the end but trued up laterally fine. Good enough but not perfect. Spoke tension was harder to equalize than previous rim builds for some reason. I did my best but there are still variances that I can't quite account for. Could be a combination of skill and material.
The finish will do nicely but polished might have been better.
The rim brake track is soft - my feeler gauges easily shaved bits of aluminum off as I was truing. The seam joint was off by about 1-1.5mm for roundness in the end but trued up laterally fine. Good enough but not perfect. Spoke tension was harder to equalize than previous rim builds for some reason. I did my best but there are still variances that I can't quite account for. Could be a combination of skill and material.
The finish will do nicely but polished might have been better.
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The rim joint is I believe sleeved instead of welded as on their better rims, which can allow the two ends to drift apart slightly and creating a step along the braking surface.
But I have been able to tap such rims into alignment (after building) using a hard-plastic hammer next to the rim joint, with the other end resting on a block of wood if that makes sense.
Wasn't the MA3 another such rim around this same lower price point?
But I have been able to tap such rims into alignment (after building) using a hard-plastic hammer next to the rim joint, with the other end resting on a block of wood if that makes sense.
Wasn't the MA3 another such rim around this same lower price point?
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I used a pair of Open Elites in rebuilding a wheel set on older Campagnolo Veloce hubs this past winter. They built and tensioned very easily and evenly. As was noted in another post they do true laterally a little better than concentically, but it is all a manageable. I have not used them enough to report on long term durability.
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