Originally Posted by
DieselDan
Mavic Ksyriums don't require the special spokes. You can get the low level Ksyriums with normal spokes, and can use one in a pinch on a wheel with bladed spokes.
Originally Posted by
khuon
Umm.. how is that possible? I looked at the two different spoke designs and how they mount and can't see how regular spokes would work in a Ksyrium SSC hub and rim.
It's not that the spokes are bladed. It's that Mavic likes to use straight-pull spokes on their wheels. And those aren't easy to find. (I bent a spoke on an Aksium wheel. Visited 4 LBSes, and no one had any in-store.)