Mavic Aksium v Campag Khamsin

amt27
amt27 Posts: 320
edited September 2007 in Workshop
Mavic Aksium v Campag Khamsin,

which are better? any opinions?

Thanks

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  • campagsarge
    campagsarge Posts: 434
    I had that delima a couple of weeks ago. I went for Khamsin's as they where lighter. However, the whole country where out of Khamsin's so I went for the Vento's instead which I am very happy with.
  • Garybee
    Garybee Posts: 815
    I am very happy with my 04 Ventos which i believe are very similar to Khamsins. Mine have done 6 or 7k miles over the last couple of years on my winter bike. They still run perfectly true despite my bunny-hopping, bouncing through pot-holes style of riding and the bearings are still sweet. I would go for the Khamsins or as someone else has said, the new Ventos.

    I have just picked up a pair of the newer Ventos for £90 :shock: .
    Hypocrisy is only a bad thing in other people.
  • campagsarge
    campagsarge Posts: 434
    Where did you get those from Garybee? Mine cost me £112.00 from Ribble. They came shod with Conti ultrasport tyres on (which where not very swiftly removed).
  • stevec205gti
    stevec205gti Posts: 366
    Cycling plus compared them a few months ago - they came out fairly well matched
    Has the head wind picked up or the tail wind dropped off???
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    I couldn't decide either, so I bought both. I soon discovered that the Mavic's gave me a
    14 percent better strain guage number measured at the spoke nipple while under constant
    power at speeds over 25 mph. This corralates well with the data I recieved from a digital laser spoke profiler, attached to the chainstay, that reads dymanic spoke tension during
    the spoke fatigue cycle. Although Campy was a bit less in this department, it really
    showed its true collors in a rim flexion test. Its numbers were 20 percent better than Mavic when under a load moving from the vertical to the horizontal axis while in a straight
    line with the road contact patch of the tires :D . Your choice is obvious.

    Dennis Noward
    Toledo, Ohio
  • Eggycp
    Eggycp Posts: 48
    khamsin look nice but aksiums are superb winter wheels
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    dennisn wrote:
    I couldn't decide either, so I bought both. I soon discovered that the Mavic's gave me a
    14 percent better strain guage number measured at the spoke nipple while under constant
    power at speeds over 25 mph. This corralates well with the data I recieved from a digital laser spoke profiler, attached to the chainstay, that reads dymanic spoke tension during
    the spoke fatigue cycle. Although Campy was a bit less in this department, it really
    showed its true collors in a rim flexion test. Its numbers were 20 percent better than Mavic when under a load moving from the vertical to the horizontal axis while in a straight
    line with the road contact patch of the tires :D . Your choice is obvious.

    Dennis Noward
    Toledo, Ohio

    Absolutely.




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  • Garybee
    Garybee Posts: 815
    campagsarge wrote:
    Where did you get those from Garybee? Mine cost me £112.00 from Ribble. They came shod with Conti ultrasport tyres on (which where not very swiftly removed).

    They were from an e-bay shop called 'highonbikes' , delivered 2 days after i ordered them too.
    Hypocrisy is only a bad thing in other people.
  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    Me thinks some1 has a bit too much spare time...
    "I hold it true, what'er befall;
    I feel it, when I sorrow most;
    'Tis better to have loved and lost;
    Than never to have loved at all."

    Alfred Tennyson
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Eggycp wrote:
    khamsin look nice but aksiums are superb winter wheels

    Just exactly what is a "winter" wheel. I'm going to assume that khamsin's can't
    take the cold because they're from a warm country(Italy). Or is it because they have poor
    circulation in the spokes and rim?

    Dennis Noward

    Toledo, Ohio
  • campagsarge
    campagsarge Posts: 434
    I keep mine in wheel bags like the F1 boys have to keep their tyres warm whilst in the pits. I had some guy from Mclaran sniffing round my shed the other week.

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