Originally Posted by
caloso
Mavic OP's on a decent hub is pretty much the industry standard for reliability, durability, do-it-all-ity. They're not the lightest, they're not the sexiest, they're not the most aerodynamic, but they do what they do. Kind of the Honda Accord of wheelsets. *
*This assumes they are properly built and trued.
this used to be true, now the more recent OPs have a reputation for cracking at the eyelets. i have a set i built from the 90's and their doing great. if i were building a new set i would go with the wide velocity a23's, one of the kinlin rims or one of the dt rims