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Great comment.
Its a conundrum for me as I think riders who will appreciate the ease of
service and the wheels' ride quality (which is particularly noticeable riding
hard on a hardtail) will also be the ones who are most likely to experience a
failure.
I'm positive Mavic would cover this under warranty, but that doesn't help if
you're miles from your car with a thousand meters of climbing to go.
I'll happily put the XD freehub back on and ride the wheel on a geared dual fs
that sees less hard miles/loads -- in terms of Rim/Spokes it is a great
product -- but there I am not getting the same advantages as I felt the wheel
delivered on the hardtail (or would deliver on a short travel XC FS bike).
April 21, 2016, 9:02 a.m. - DrewM
#!markdown Great comment. Its a conundrum for me as I think riders who will appreciate the ease of service and the wheels' ride quality (which is particularly noticeable riding hard on a hardtail) will also be the ones who are most likely to experience a failure. I'm positive Mavic would cover this under warranty, but that doesn't help if you're miles from your car with a thousand meters of climbing to go. I'll happily put the XD freehub back on and ride the wheel on a geared dual fs that sees less hard miles/loads -- in terms of Rim/Spokes it is a great product -- but there I am not getting the same advantages as I felt the wheel delivered on the hardtail (or would deliver on a short travel XC FS bike).