Mavic rim history

[Rampage]

I've seen a few cracked 517's around the eyelets. They are very good rims otherwise though.
Recently sorting out my wheels, all three 230 rims I had were cracked / split on the braking surface, one of them had hardly been used by the look of it.

 

[medz7331]

Re: mavic 232 rims

I am looking to aquire a pair for my M-TRAX MTB. Can you help? Thank! medz7331

 

[TOMAS]

517 made of mavic's cheese like aluminium.....

Really, my daily ridden 517's (in fact, been on 3 different bikes and pretty much the only wheels i have used since 1999) are still 100% intact and solid
G

Yes, 517s are the same material as 717s and are quite durable. Much more so than 217s, which were/are prone to cracking around the eyelet holes.

The lightest and weakest of all the rims mentioned were the 230s, which had a very low profile and thus less fundamental strength than a 217 or 517.

I second this, I've loads of 217s and also X517s - which happen to be my fav rim, the 517s are definitely an improved version of the 217s, which I bust many of when I was a teen weighing just 9-10 stone.

IF ANYONE HAS A GREY X517 I'M DESPERATELY ON THE HUNT FOR ONE!