Originally Posted by
bpcyclist
Much, much happier with my Neugents than I was with my Mavics. No comparison in terms of performance. Not everyond agrees that the geometry is poor.
Not everyone understands what a poor hub geometry is, but if you ask an expert like
Psimet2001 I'm sure he would agree that Neugent hubs have a poor design.
I'm not surprised that you like the Neugent wheels better than your old Mavic wheelset. Those were boat anchors, so the weight difference is very noticeable.
Originally Posted by
big john
I have a set of Ksyrium wheels and had multiple failures. Mavic warranteed the rear rim twice but the third time I paid for it. Broke spokes and I paid for that, too. Stopped using them and switched to Open Pro rims hand built on Record hubs.
I was referring to the new Mavic UST Ksyriums, not the old one that used proprietary spokes, and nipples(that thread into the rim. Their old hubs sucked too, and sourcing replacement parts was a pain in the ass(and expensive)
The new ones use traditional straight-pull spokes, and the hubs were redesigned to use a splined ring gear similar to DT.
I'm not a big fan of Mavic wheels, but I'd rather try their new ones than either Hunt or Neugent.
(edit) after looking at the Mavic website I see that they still use proprietary spokes on their wheels. For this reason I will never recommend their wheelsets.
I sill love the old Open Pros laced to 8 speed Record hubs on my Guerciotti, but even OPs quality declined in the later years.