Mavic components

[Dushan Ivekich]

I know nothing of these, does anyone have a link or a brief run-down of quality and age etc?

 

[wassertreter]

I think you'll get better responses by asking for individual parts. Some of the rims for example have an excellent track record, some hubs on the other hand not so much.

 

[Dushan Ivekich]

Thanks, I didn't really have anything particular in mind ( I haven't spotted anything, honest )

It was just a general question really as for any bits worth watching out for or how the quality stacked up against kit from the other main companies, really.

 

[Iwasgoodonce]

I have a TT bike with a full Mavic set up. Too early to be indexed or anything but quality seems to be very good.

 

[dbmtb]

No time to give you a runthrough - but basically - it's all nice IMHO.

 

[Johnsqual]

Weren't their (road) brakes made by Dia Compe?

 

[daccordimark]

Weren't their (road) brakes made by Dia Compe?

Weren't they Modolo? Or were Modolo also made by Dia Compe? Or were some Modolo and some Dia Compe?

My only experience of Mavic components is hubs and one chainset. The hubs I rate as one of the best ever - never had any problems with them. My chainset was a triple like the one in dbmtb's 'photo and although it was good looking and hard wearing it wasn't very well made. Basically the drive side taper wasn't right so the crank didn't sit square on the axle.

Mark.

 

[Johnsqual]

Weren't their (road) brakes made by Dia Compe?

Weren't they Modolo? Or were Modolo also made by Dia Compe? Or were some Modolo and some Dia Compe?

Looks like they did indeed use both - there's a (now sold) Mavic groupset
on Hilary Stone's site with Modolo brakes, but it seems they also used Dia Compe BRS500 brakes, as did Suntour, I think...

Apparently the Mavic bottom brackets were very hard wearing.

 

[latman]

I have a few "thoughts" re mavic
1) the hubs have alloy axles which are lighter but not as strong as steel
2) the derailleurs are assembled with pins and circlips and can be rebuilt which is nice
3) the rims were/are very popular , the other components less so and rarer now
4) the cassette bottom bracket lockrings locked onto the body and do not rely on frame threads , and they can damage those threads when being used

oh and A few tries at electronic too !!

overall I say they are top shelf

 

[David B]

Weren't their (road) brakes made by Dia Compe?

Weren't they Modolo? Or were Modolo also made by Dia Compe? Or were some Modolo and some Dia Compe?

My only experience of Mavic components is hubs and one chainset. The hubs I rate as one of the best ever - never had any problems with them. My chainset was a triple like the one in dbmtb's 'photo and although it was good looking and hard wearing it wasn't very well made. Basically the drive side taper wasn't right so the crank didn't sit square on the axle.

Mark.

Modolo brakes at first, later incarnations (as per Boardman's GAN team bikes) used Dia-Compe. The sealed-bearing hubs really are excellent. Be wary of the Ergal bolts used on the rear derailleurs, though - I've had two Mavic 841 mechs (the black and silver index-compatible ones) rip themselves out of the rear dropout as the threads are softer than on a steel bolt.

David