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Mavic Aksium 2016

Took the advise from other reviews to complement these with Swissstop pads as cheap pads eat into the rims.

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Decent well made budget wheel from mavic, used every day for commuting. Good service from mantel fast shipping

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Excellent price and service for this ever popular wheelset.

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Attractive and stylish. Well constructed and light. Excellent set of wheels.

Good strong wheels for every day use . This my second pair.

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The Mavic Aksiums are a good cheap pair of wheels for winter riding or training. With an assortment of retailers wanting to chip away segments of the market the price of this wheelset has become very competitive in recent times, somewhat putting the once popular Fulcrum 7s a bit further back the list of go-to knockabout wheels. The wheelset is a decent weight for its intended use and price, coming in at around 1.8kg. The braking surface is also robust and it took me several hundred miles in wet, gritty weather to even see a mark in the metal. The bearings are also another big plus for this wheelset; taking the British winter weather in its stride. The same cannot be said for similar priced wheelsets. Flex is also a minimum on the Aksiums, with no noticeable brake rub when sprinting or throwing the bike around. The decals are simple and understated, a little bit against the grain when it comes to mainstream bike branding nowadays. Whilst this wheelset, in my opinion, is the best for the money for the intended use, it does have one big draw back, and that is the mixture of low spoke count coupled with straight-pull spokes. If a spoke breaks the wheels are throw out of true to a fairly large degree, and the lack of an elbow at the bottom of the spoke means that retrueing it is a pain. Other than that, this wheelset is a joy to use and I would recommend it.

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