Have been riding the Ksyrium Elites and find them to be a very tough and reliable wheel. They were out of true when I first got them but have not required any maintenance in 2000 miles of riding and the occasional pothole, etc. Several of the people I ride with use the SSC and SL models (I weigh 200) and they report the same reliability over the past 2-3 years. If I ever get down to 175 I am going to get a pair of Campy Neutrons. But I have to earn them.

BTW flyefisher, I spent July in France watching the TdF, ate only French food and drank only French wines. Spent many thousand U.S. dollars. Mavic wheels are as good as you can get and the French people are just like the people in the U.S., despite what our stupid president (and other narrow-minded people) may say.