Easton EA90 slx wheelset vs Mavic Ksyrium

wilsoneight
wilsoneight Posts: 99
edited June 2012 in Road buying advice
With apologies if this is completely ignorant - accepting that there are probably variants of the Ksyrium wheelset - is it possible to compare these two wheelsets?

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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Yes.
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  • wilsoneight
    wilsoneight Posts: 99
    Thanks!
    I see from your previous posts that you rate the Ksyriums. Maybe I should have just looked through old threads anyway.
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Yes.
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  • nochekmate
    nochekmate Posts: 3,460
    Had problems with spokes popping on the Eastons myself - weight 13st which I believe is at top end of recommended weight for them. Son now uses them and despite him being a lightweight he has still popped a couple of spokes. Mate in the LBS suggests that we will be regular visitors on his experience of them - shame because I like the look of them.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,336
    nochekmate wrote:
    Had problems with spokes popping on the Eastons myself - weight 13st which I believe is at top end of recommended weight for them. Son now uses them and despite him being a lightweight he has still popped a couple of spokes. Mate in the LBS suggests that we will be regular visitors on his experience of them - shame because I like the look of them.

    It's a misconception that spokes break because of load. If they are correctly tensioned, you can load as much as you like on them. It is clear to me that you have an undertensioned wheel, spokes will keep breaking until the problem is fixed.

    Badly tensioned wheels is common in the industry and Easton wheels are regularly badly built.
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  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    The Eastons are notorious for this, they claim to be 'handbuilt' but reports are poor. They are very supposed to be very flexy too.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,336
    NapoleonD wrote:
    The Eastons are notorious for this, they claim to be 'handbuilt' but reports are poor. They are very supposed to be very flexy too.

    Problem with "factory handbuilts" is how much time they actually spend in buiding them. Even if you are god, it takes two hours minimum to build a set, typically more... I wonder in the factory in Taiwan how much time they actually spend on a wheel. If you want to turn a profit on a set that needs to pass a few hands before the final price reaches 300 pounds, you can't faff about for hours on a wheel. Some will be OK, some will not be OK... return under warranty is a more profitable way if you are dealing with big numbers.
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  • beancounter
    beancounter Posts: 369
    I have EA90SLX on my C50.

    1500 miles and no problems so far. Very nice, light wheels. Haven't noticed any flex! although I'm 12 stone and not exactly a powerhouse :roll:

    bc
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,336
    beancounter wrote:
    I have EA90SLX on my C50.

    1500 miles and no problems so far. Very nice, light wheels. Haven't noticed any flex! although I'm 12 stone and not exactly a powerhouse :roll:

    bc

    I expect the majority to be OK... you only need few wrong ones to build a reputation for crap wheels. The fact that Ksyriumss have so few bad reports is very reassuring instead
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