I didn't say anything about spoke failures, because the spokes on this wheelset are not the aluminum spokes of days past. These look like steel bladed straight pull spokes that are in use all over the place. Likewise, as Joshua mentioned, the freehub mechanism is a star ratchet now, not the pawls of bygone days.
Aaaand, it has been a very long time since I've ridden any of the old Mavic stuff. My personal experience from two decades ago was trouble free, and it feels speculative to speak of failures that others may have experienced between then and now on designs that are not applicable to the wheels in question. The best I can do at this point is ride the wheels and see how they go.
July 11, 2024, 3:01 p.m. - Mike Ferrentino
I didn't say anything about spoke failures, because the spokes on this wheelset are not the aluminum spokes of days past. These look like steel bladed straight pull spokes that are in use all over the place. Likewise, as Joshua mentioned, the freehub mechanism is a star ratchet now, not the pawls of bygone days. Aaaand, it has been a very long time since I've ridden any of the old Mavic stuff. My personal experience from two decades ago was trouble free, and it feels speculative to speak of failures that others may have experienced between then and now on designs that are not applicable to the wheels in question. The best I can do at this point is ride the wheels and see how they go.