Originally Posted by
baohung205
Thank you for the information shared. So what about the Mavic open Pro rim? Hope you guys can share more information about this product, outstanding features, technology, production time,... Sincerely thank you.
Open Pro rims were essentially widened (from 13mm to 15mm inside width) Mavic Reflex rims.
Same Maxtal alloy, welded joint, eyelets, taller modern shape and machined sidewalls, and at about the same 440g or so weight.
I raced Cyclocross on the above two rims for 20 years, running 28h in front and 32h in back. I had to somewhat regularly straighten or replace the rear rim, but the front wheel went the distance until the spokes suddenly started breaking from fatigue (roughly one broken spoke per outing).
I moved on to stronger Cane-Creek wheels and from then to this day, to wide, tubeless Ksyrium-based Mavic Allroad Elite wheels
Mavic's early Helium wheels used the same Reflex-style rim shape at lower spoke counts in their first effort at marketing pre-built wheels.
The Ksyrium wheels that followed went into very different territory, though the budget Ksyrium Equippe used the same rim style as the Reflex and Open Pro.
It's hard to believe that Mavic let their market slip away, allowing newcomers to out-innovate them with bold offerings, especially carbon rims.