Mavic Cosmic Carbone Ultimate

From Le Tour de Langkawi 2010 in Malaysia, Alex Candelario tears apart his rear wheel in the final sprint. Amazingly, he stays upright. Check out the YouTube video of the finish.

Mavic Disc Failure

Not exactly sure what's going on with this disc wheel, but that's more than just the tire falling off.

Even More Mavic R-Sys Failures

When it rains it pours. Here is another failed Mavic R-Sys wheel, this time one of the rear wheels which wasn't recalled. The drive side spokes are aluminum, so the wheel didn't fail completely. Still, it would be nice for $1300+ wheels not to explode when hit by road debris.

Full story at bikehugger.com.

R-Sys Failure: Mavic's Response

Fact: Mavic responds to wheel collapse article

It's too early to blame the wheel; the tire, tube or frame could be to blame.

Or rider error. Or aliens.

Mavic R-Sys Redux

I've blogged about the Mavic R-Sys twice before, and after being recalled in January they are back and already the carbon spokes are breaking again. Velonews.com Editor in Chief Ben Delaney had his front Mavic R-Sys wheel suffer a catastrophic failure, sending him into the ground breaking his shoulder blade. This wasn't the result of a crash or any impact, it simply failed exiting a corner. Carbon spokes just aren't a good idea.

See the full article for more details and photos.

More Mavic R-Sys

This is one of the reasons the Mavic R-Sys was recalled. Carbon spokes are a bad idea.

Carbon Spokes

Carbon spokes don't look like such a good idea.