I ride in the NW of England where it rains a lot! Never experienced this. However when I wash the bike the wheels hold some water, this is easily drained by spinning the wheels on their side. Love these wheels... Fast and bombproof, would recommend👍
Viewers, save some of your day by fast-forwarding thru the first 6 minutes of this video. This guy put road rims on an enduro application,then drove them through water and is now amazed that the rims have water in them.
I have the Mavic Cosmic Carbon Pro which is the update of these and I wash my bike and wheels all the time. I usually have some water after washing them, but it usually comes out and never to this degree. Never had this much of problem, and have ridden in the rain too. BTW you really should clamp a carbon bike on the top tube when on a work stand. It's preferable to clamp the seatpost.
Repair stand is used on garage to stowage my MTB from seat post (front tyre on ground), because it is with sloping toptube. Clamp from top tube..I´m just lazy to turn clamp...
For carbon bikes it's not preferable. There is the potential for the top tube to crack as the carbon layup there is not as dense as say the bottom bracket or other areas of a carbon bike. If you crack a seatpost it is easier/more affordable to replace than a frame.
I had the same pair of wheels. I've learned the hard way that they fail. In summary while riding in New Jersey my back rear spoke popped off and I went tumbling. The back wheel is trash now after I spent over one thousand dollars on my wheels set. From then on its been Zipp wheels for me.
Hello Mr Sailordie, is the water in the alloy rim? as you know the carbon section is bonded on to the alloy rim, i have a set of these but not had this issue, this is not good at all you should contact Mavic my friend
Lay them out in the hot summer sunny day and hopefully water will evaporate? Or just put them on your stove top and it will evaporate too. Either way the water will evaporate...
ChillyWillyGoCycling Nope...just cycling on dry roads :) I think water get there from poorly assembled rimtape (valve hole is not in right place). Try fix it with tape and if it doesn´t help I gonna use sealant mass.
I ride in the NW of England where it rains a lot! Never experienced this. However when I wash the bike the wheels hold some water, this is easily drained by spinning the wheels on their side. Love these wheels... Fast and bombproof, would recommend👍
Viewers, save some of your day by fast-forwarding thru the first 6 minutes of this video. This guy put road rims on an enduro application,then drove them through water and is now amazed that the rims have water in them.
You call this track an "enduro application"...? www.alastarocircuit.fi/
I have the Mavic Cosmic Carbon Pro which is the update of these and I wash my bike and wheels all the time. I usually have some water after washing them, but it usually comes out and never to this degree. Never had this much of problem, and have ridden in the rain too. BTW you really should clamp a carbon bike on the top tube when on a work stand. It's preferable to clamp the seatpost.
Hi Andy. Thanks for a comment. These wheels has been sold and I have driven ever since with Zipp 303. Seatpost/top tube advice taken :)
Nice choice in upgrade to the Zipp 303. Enjoy :)
new to working on my own bike on a repair stand... but why is it preferred to clamp using the seat post instead of top tube? Will the top tube crack?
Repair stand is used on garage to stowage my MTB from seat post (front tyre on ground), because it is with sloping toptube. Clamp from top tube..I´m just lazy to turn clamp...
For carbon bikes it's not preferable. There is the potential for the top tube to crack as the carbon layup there is not as dense as say the bottom bracket or other areas of a carbon bike. If you crack a seatpost it is easier/more affordable to replace than a frame.
I had the same pair of wheels. I've learned the hard way that they fail. In summary while riding in New Jersey my back rear spoke popped off and I went tumbling. The back wheel is trash now after I spent over one thousand dollars on my wheels set. From then on its been Zipp wheels for me.
hopefully you get them fix..i really like this wheels..looking to get them..thanks for the video
That's why they say that it is not safe to ride in the rain.
In this case it's not unsafe. It is just slightly slower.
Thanks for the warning! I'm NOT buying these...
You can tell by the sound of this dude voice, that whatever he sends back, they fix!...They probably sent him an extra set of wheels for free. Lol.
Take the tires off and drain the water.
Laying the bike down on its side will surely drain the water through the holes in the wheels ??
Hello Mr Sailordie, is the water in the alloy rim? as you know the carbon section is bonded on to the alloy rim, i have a set of these but not had this issue, this is not good at all you should contact Mavic my friend
all i know is that once my carbon track wheels are done im going aluminum foshow
how you true these wheels ?
Lay them out in the hot summer sunny day and hopefully water will evaporate? Or just put them on your stove top and it will evaporate too. Either way the water will evaporate...
This is 5 years old video..
Heat and carbon? Hmmm yea those dont go well together my friend
Must be deep section wheels, i have some Shimano Rs20 not even good wheels or even deep section and they fill up with water too
Thnanks for sharing! This is a known bad design from Mavic. These Wheels are not good! Bad design from Mavic made in .... guess where...
German top engineer selected brand and manufacturer
Are you not meant to lean them towards the holes?
Il faut mettre des rustines
is there any dust/mud inside the hole so that it blocked the water come out easily?
+Neo Payne No dirt/dust. Only surface tension of water.
This is exactly what I was told when I bought mine, now you know why.
il peggio del peggio ! io le ho buttate ,la posteriore poi non ne parlo !! mai più queste ruote !!!!
if you spin them fast will the water come out ?
No it didn´t :(
Now wheels has been sold.
This is pretty normal
this is problem big hole inside water over!
That really sucks...did you call Mavic?
ChillyWillyGoCycling Nope...just cycling on dry roads :) I think water get there from poorly assembled rimtape (valve hole is not in right place). Try fix it with tape and if it doesn´t help I gonna use sealant mass.
bad wheels. will never buy mavic after this review.
How much do you know about mavic? How much do you know this guy?