Road Cycling - Mavic Open Pros - Bomb Proof!

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TrekRider
06-13-04, 04:55 PM
Yesterday when I was riding a local trail, the man in front of me was literaly whizzing along when he hit a pot hole with his front wheel. He went over the bars and hit hard. Luckily and amazingly, he was not hurt.

The fantastic part was not one thing happened to his bike! He had a set of 36 hole Mavic Open Pros and they didn't even go out of true, no spokes broke, nothing. He got back on and off he rode. I saw him about an hour later, still pedaling along with no ill effects.

Those OPs were bomb proof!

Tennessee
06-13-04, 06:33 PM
Glad to hear it. Not that they guy went flying over his handlebars but that OP's are bomb proof. I'm in the hunt for a new bike and will probably be riding them in a few weeks.

Woohoo!! Can't wait!
SteveE
06-13-04, 08:30 PM
I've got OP's on one of my bikes and like them a lot; but I would hope that a 36-spoke wheel would be pretty bomb-proof. The 48-spoke wheels on our tandem are even MORE bomb-proof! :) Of course, they sure do weigh a lot!

seely
06-13-04, 09:11 PM
I think anything 36 spoke is going to be pretty solid :D
Mtn Mike
06-13-04, 10:45 PM
I use 32 spoke Open Pro's on my Surly CrossCheck. Despite jumping off curbs, bombing fire roads, and hitting city pot holes, they just wont go out of true.
shaq-d
06-14-04, 01:04 AM
32 spoke open pros here, on a 220lb rider. true. OP's rock.

sd
urban_assault
06-14-04, 11:27 AM
Yesterday when I was riding a local trail, the man in front of me was literaly whizzing along when he hit a pot hole with his front wheel. He went over the bars and hit hard. Luckily and amazingly, he was not hurt.

The fantastic part was not one thing happened to his bike! He had a set of 36 hole Mavic Open Pros and they didn't even go out of true, no spokes broke, nothing. He got back on and off he rode. I saw him about an hour later, still pedaling along with no ill effects.

Those OPs were bomb proof!


Hopefully that also says a lot about the wheel builder. Even OP's will fail if the wheel is not built correctly. ;)