Mavic Crossride Disc Mountain Bike Wheelset Review - BikeRadar

In my experience these are anything but strong! I have put about 2000mls of XC use on my set. I had spokes snapping and loosening periodicly from new, and the rear has mis-shaped quite badly. This might be deemed acceptable for a buget wheel set, but a couple of weeks ago the front rim just folded for no apparent reason on a steep decent, pitching me over the bars big style.

In my view best avoided.

While mine are yet to be tested out, I have nothing to worry about from a quick inspection seem well made, the rim looks tough and while the hub does have some slightly pointless machining imo, they're redesigned and apparently more meat there. Freewheel action is smooth and build is way better (spokes tighter spins true) than my OEM wheels, Mavic xm317's dt spokes shimano m545 hubs which seem a common £2k bike wheelset.......and they're lighter to boot.

I can't speak for the older models but these look promising and worthy of consideration. Ohh and they look awesome !

I've had the exact opposite experience from that of the first commenter. My wheelset (older model) has been abused to the max; even using the rear on a dh bike for a while, and after almost 2 years they're still going strong. The hub bearings have hardly been serviced, yet no problems. For the money these wheels are hard to beat.

I really hope that the new version is a vast improvement.

I have a set that are about 3-4 years old, and they've been dreadfull since the off.

the machining where the spokes join the hub failed - but mavic agreed to replace it to their credit.

but even now, whenever i ride it the spokes lose tension, so much so that at least one spoke will have dropped out of the hub after a ride. they're forever in the shop for retruing.

rubbish - but they are cheap wheels.

I have had a set for about a year now as a replacement to WTB rims on XT hubs and I couldn't be happier. A good quality, good looking wheel set for the money.

I have two pairs of this wheelset, a 2001 vbrake rim and a 2003 disc rim. Both of them with more than 2000 kilometers done in asphalt, mud, hard terrain and a even some uses in allmountain courses. Never had a problem, no spoke had to be re-adjusted, no problems with hub, cones, axle, etc. not even a dent or bent. I think they are the best Mavic product for price/quality.

Good value, but some poor design features; I've managed to pop a spoke out pretty much every ride, even though I check tension beforehand. I'm not a particularly clumsy or heavy rider, either. Hub life has been good though, and the rims are still true after 4 years. Replaced now with Hope ProII/Mavics one wheel at a time.