I’ll be interested in others opinions of the Ksyrium. Didn’t this first appear about 2000? I seem to recall comparing my conventional 32-spoke (but Revelations) 559 Sun M14A + Ultegra (+ Velox!) wheels with the Ksyriums back when I first built up the 2003 Curt and finding them close at ~1,550 f+r with Velox.
If the Ksysyrium model is 20 or 25 years old, might one suppose that it has been tested and tried and proved reliable? Also, from the website: "[pair] 1480g, [front] 645g, [rear] 835g" I suppose to that one should routinely add 10% to published weights? If under 1600 grams and under $600, that doesn’t sound bad at all, if they’re reliable; the last pair of customs I had built cost me over $700 and that was with me supplying the hubs. On Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM Conway Bennett < [email protected]> wrote: > This seems like a great deal right now: > > Mavic Ksyrium SL RB QR Wheelset - Bike > https://share.google/d916NVjBBcWcXDfC7 > > It's not all silver, but neither is the build it's going on. > > > Fair winds, > > Captain Conway Bennett > 239.877.4119 > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2025, 8:27 PM Mike K. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh I'm interested in this thread as well. I have an Austro Daimler >> Inter10 I use as my road bike. Currently running 32h Ultegra to Mavic SUP >> rims. They're nice, but I briefly had some Shimano C24 WH-9000's, and while >> I don't know if the weight made a difference, the engagement in the freehub >> certainly did. Those wheels took off as soon as I pedaled, and I loved >> riding them. Sold them because I do some mixed riding, and those were road >> wheels through and through, but I've always kept my eyes open for some >> newer, all-silver wheels with a better freehub than what I'm using now. >> Finding the right combination of strength, weight, and fast 'feeling' is so >> tricky. >> >> I've been curious about the Ritchey Zeta classics for a while, as they >> seem pretty robust in a classy, 20/24 lacing package. >> On Thursday, November 27, 2025 at 1:41:17 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> I’m at least distantly interested in this question myself, as I might >>> one day want to put lighter wheels on the Roadeo, if it becomes a “regular >>> ride.” With the Rich-build Velocity wheels it feels lovely, but I do miss >>> the “lighter” feel of the very light (for bog standard parts and 32 spokes) >>> 559 wheels of the gofast. >>> >>> I’ll watch this thread with interest. >>> >>> Patrick Moore, just back from a nice out ’n’ back on the gofast (and >>> thinking that it might now be time to gear down a tooth or so from the 75” >>> main gear). >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 7:10 AM Conway Bennett <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I have been wanting a lighter wheelset than the Velocity built Atlas >>>> wheelset on my BMC Monstercross--riding a fast and relatively light bike >>>> was a tried and liked in 2024. >>>> >>>> I've been most interested in the Pacenti Forza Classico, but I just got >>>> hip to the Mavic Ksyrium heritage wheelset. 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