Veloflex corsa and master. Essentially the same except one has tan wall. Very thin but it does shed a lot of grams.

Its not the tires, its your body weight. The fatter you are, the faster your downhill is.

Hey guys need feedback;
Anyone used 2018 Mavic Aksium and Mavic Cosmic? Which one have best overall handling, durability and maintain flat speed between those 2?....ignore the weight. I ran lot of pot holes, rain and rough off-road gravel. Just need to replace my 10 year old Shimano WH-R550 wheelset used for commuting..bearing, freehub and widewall are gone. Wheel replacement not for racing but still need speed bang for buck to commute all day.

Btw is aluminum wheelset Mavic Cosmic Elite really priced at RM$650...why so cheap? ...heads up if anyone can give me info because going to replace my bike grouppo and parts next week.

This post has been edited by SupermotoXL: Dec 21 2018, 08:36 AM

guys, wanna ask. is R7000 11-30t cassette compatible with R5800 groupset?

Yes, both are cross-compatible.

are u the kind who takes extra care of ur equipment? service ur bike on schedule? if no, mavic wheel is not for u. if u r willing to take the time to service the freehub, then ok la can proceed. how much are those two?

Yes i take care my equipment since i own 12x high end bikes throughout my lifetime and lots of maintenance after certain mileage on bearings, hubs and suspension dampers. I used lots of MAVIC brand on my mountain bike back but never used low end like AKSIUM or COSMIC on road bike. My commuter bike on WH-R550 wheel have been running for every 5x days per week for 10x years so its time to replace. So i need to know if cheap AKSIUM (RM$800) COSMIC (RM$650) i saw on bicyclebuysell.com can handle the commuting abuse everyday.

This post has been edited by SupermotoXL: Dec 21 2018, 10:09 PM

why not just buy another high end bike? Comes with new pair of wheelset

This post has been edited by miaopurr: Dec 22 2018, 10:01 AM

Low end....

Damn this post connotes nothing but snobbery

Then again, behind the screen, it can be anything

This post has been edited by lilredridinghood: Dec 22 2018, 10:20 AM

duplicate

This post has been edited by miaopurr: Dec 22 2018, 09:55 AM

kenot bro.. u need fulcrum racing zero.. those aksium & cosmic very fast rosak

+1

You guys already know that even high priced high end bikes still comes with low end parts that attached through it to cut corners. Even bikes RM$10,000 Specialized Carbon Tarmac comes with crappy DT Swiss R470 rims. With selective parts i know which is necessary for my riding style that save budget for commuting. 34 years of cycling i learned that "its not the bike its the rider". Here's is the video of my commuting...so you guys know my riding style and parts needed.

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKkFLfU1e4g


Will post updates once i have the wheels and grouppo replaced.

Btw some share your cycling videos, long time haven't seen lowyat member share their cycling video adventures.
Sharing your cycling passion

This post has been edited by SupermotoXL: Dec 23 2018, 03:28 PM

Happy holidays.

This post has been edited by dickybird: Dec 23 2018, 04:30 PM

i dont cycling videos

This post has been edited by miaopurr: Dec 23 2018, 04:53 PM

Nowadays RM10k is entry level bike bro..

Just get them custom built. Spec a hub and rim. Easy enough. High end bike riders like you who turn their noses up at stock bike parts should be well versed with customization at the point of buying.
Or did you forget that cheap things no good, good things no cheap?

This post has been edited by dickybird: Dec 23 2018, 06:26 PM

I also build custom wheels using stock hubs and Mavic wheel usually for MTB, just needed opinion from first post about previous post on road type MAVIC AKSIUM and COSMIC since you guys ride lot type of road wheels. Thats all i ask. Wow it seems to be a long argument around here just to get info about two road wheels.

Previously hand custom build my own MAVIC X317 on stock shimano hub. Cheap solution too.


This post has been edited by SupermotoXL: Dec 23 2018, 09:34 PM

cosmic

Here's a cycling video I did with a bunch of them from this forum 3 years ago, when I first started cycling not to long ago.. They encouraged me to do this insane loop, suffered badly but I am glad I did it

Thank you all for the wonderful encouragements

Too bad now everyone is busy and we all have our own commitments



I hope to make more videos too in the near future