mavic 517 or 217 sup ceramic.

[kase1983]

hey all

as title, 217/517 rim wanted, been searching but no luck ! 32 one in greyish colour.willing to buy a wheel if not crazy price.

what ya got?

kase1983@hotmail.com

 

[nick_caton]

Hi - I've got a pair of White Ind with a 217 SUP on the front and 517X on the rear. Offers?

 

[cchris2lou]

117 sup ceramic ?

 

[gaf16]

doug,

i think the guy at my lbs can still get old stock 217's.
i'll check tomorrow.

 

[Radar]

St John Street Cycles has 36 hole 517 ceramics listed (£59.99 :cry: )

 

[kase1983]

yeah been there mate, never again! bought rims they phoned me up saying they didnt have or could get! so asked what they did have? they didnt know! then said why dont you remove the ones you dont have from your site? they said dont know? lol

bah!

 

[Radar]

Only had one dealing with SJS and apart from being slow, all was fine. Their website seems to list obscure things which you really need.

Aside:
Don't suppose if anyone knows if 517 and 717 ceramic rims are the same width?

I've got a pair of 517 ceramics on Hope Ti, which are looking on the well loved side of used. About to build a second set of wheels so in the same situation. It would be really handy if 717 and 517 were the same width because then I wouldn't have to fettle with brakes each time I swapped wheels over.

It is inevitable that my 517s will be rebuilt with 7171s unless the EEC 517 ceramic mountain is set free from its warehouse in Belgium.

 

[Jack Hardcore]

I'm almost 99% sure the "17" in the name refers to the width, my old 717's are 17mm wide, my new XM819's are 19mm wide etc

 

[Radar]

that would make a lot of sense. Ta