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If memory serves all it took was a nervous descent of the Col du Soulor in a heavy thunderstorm to completely remove the Exalith coating from a set of Mavic rims a few years back.
This is nuts by the way. DT have pretty much said 'this surface is harder wearing than Exalith' without directly saying it, so hopefully that's true.
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Have had both the Mavic Exaliths and the DT Swiss. The Mavics provide slightly better braking I think but the surface colour does wear off, I found it to be quite gradual though and that was through use in all seasons. I haven't had the DT Swiss as long but haven't noticed any degradation in the colour at all.
lsinclair
Apparently it holds up well. I’ll believe it when I see it.
If memory serves all it took was a nervous descent of the Col du Soulor in a heavy thunderstorm to completely remove the Exalith coating from a set of Mavic rims a few years back. The road was basically a river though, so I guess there’s not much that would have held up to that!