Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

Was supprised to see these exalith wheels for sale:
http://www.lfgss.com/thread107889.html#post3637591

Didn't think they would wear that bad!

That's just the worst scratch, the braking surface is still in pretty good nick, more so on the front somehow
When Mavic first introduced exalith they said it would never wear off, before quickly backtracking

Well i would guess a huge part for most buyers of grey / ano / ceramic rims etc is because they dont have a different looking braketrack. So i would think for most (me included) that part of the lure is ruined if they wear and look worse of then just a regular silver braketrack.

Mavics ceramic rims use to look the same for years no matter what i did to them. The latest versions however had all sort of issues and were not up to par. Now they are discontinued, a pitty imo.

Apparently, the only guy who knew the ceramic process and developed it, left Mavic and then died, couple of lackies tried to recreate it but failed

I doubt its true but I'd like it to be