MAVIC OR BONTRAGER?

mikstar
mikstar Posts: 37
edited September 2007 in Workshop
Mavic versus Bontrager wheels with a max £350 budget - where would the safe money go? I want to be lighter, faster, more responsive and to stay clear of repairs.........

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  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    "Mavic is" or "Bontager is" ?????????
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  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    At that price point I'd rather look at the various deals on Eastons.

    Sorry, Easton's. :oops:
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  • mikstar
    mikstar Posts: 37
    The response re: Easton wheels would have sufficed - I thought this was a bike forum?

    You're not the Imperial College tutor, Dr Bernard Lamb, who publicly shamed his students for their week spelling and, poor punctuation are you?
  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    Lol, no I am not the prof. Apostrophes in plurals drive me to a frothing frenzy. I am an otherwise reasonable person :wink:
    -- Dirk Hofman Motorhomes --
  • gkerr4
    gkerr4 Posts: 3,408
    I'd go for Mavics

    although this is only really cos my experience with Bontragers runs to the select aero's which came with my bike and were flexy-crap.

    £280ish will get you a set of Ksyrium elites leaving enough for some new tyres too!
  • phil s
    phil s Posts: 1,128
    Ksyrium Elites are nothing special for the money
    -- Dirk Hofman Motorhomes --
  • aracer
    aracer Posts: 1,649
    Neither (though Bonty are bearable). As suggested before, Easton seem good around that price point - either that or get some handbuilt ones. The only reason I can imagine why Mavic wheels are so prevalent is simply because they are so readily available and hyped (and maybe people think they look nice), since they are neither aero nor light for the amount of money they cost.
  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    I had this decision a few months ago. And went for...

    Fulcrums
    (now just £320 at Wiggle)

    Although 2nd choice was Bontragers.
    Rich
  • rdaviesb
    rdaviesb Posts: 566
    Neither. For the money you can buy a dogs gonads pair of handbuilts.
  • franklin pierce
    franklin pierce Posts: 127
    Old nisi, olympic, or super champions; campag low flange or shimano 600 (NOT ax*, though); wheelsmith.

    Could probably get the whole build done for under 150.


    *I don't know whether to call them directional flanges or just silly, but you can only build them with one lacing and rim handedness. Otherwise very nice looking and functional.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    rdaviesb wrote:
    Neither. For the money you can buy a dogs gonads pair of handbuilts.

    Listen to this guy "mikstar" he's one of the few people making any sense. Forget all the
    manufacturer "hype" and get an excellent set of handbuilts that can actually be worked
    on by a shop if required and not have to be sent halfway around the world to have a
    spoke replaced.

    Dennis Noward

    Toledo, Ohio

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