I don't know why I should object to Mavic becoming Chinese-run as long as they keep on the tradition. Look at how Sturmey Archer was bought by a Taiwanese company. They expanded and improved the product line.

I'm not up to date on Mavic's products, so maybe they're not as good as before. I'm not a fan of proprietary designs for wheels, and those Ksyrium wheels seemed well made but didn't have interchangeable parts. I bought a pair of Mavic shoes which seemed really good but after wearing them once, I accidentally left them on the subway and never recovered them.

The company has been around since 1889? Wow, I had no idea. I wonder what the first products were.