Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

They look gorgeous but unfortunately have narrow rims, shit aerodynamics, proprietary everything and if they're anything like ksyriums they will be pretty harsh..

Anyone still looking for r-sys?

The original R-SYS had one very good thing going for it - you got a free pair of Aksiums to ride while Mavic recalled the R-SYS to try to fix the self-destruct button. The very bad thing about that deal was that once you eventually got your R-SYS back, you couldn't sell them for enough to make your Aksiums any kind of a bargain. Since the Aksium remains a better wheel than even the fixed R-SYS, the price needs to come down to well below the ~£130 price of Aksiums before buying R-SYS would make any sense at all.

Why can't they just admit that no one wants their hubs and spokes and sell exalith-coated, wider open pro's and clean up.

My sentimental exactly.

However I do like their recent carbon wheelset that's 17mm internal and have alu insert to reduce risk of overheating, that's something I can get behind, no more silly 13mm internal width.

exalith-coated, wider open pro's

It will be disc brakes for everything pretty soon, I can't see much point in anybody launching a new line of high-end rim-brake product. Also, tubeless will become ubiquitous on good quality bikes. XM819 in road-oriented drillings would be my first choice for a new Mavic rim.

It will be disc brakes for everything pretty soon

I secretly want disc brakes to be HD-DVD (lol remember that?)

I secretly want disc brakes to be HD-DVD

Too bad for you then, they're actually more TCP/IP.

I suspect there will always be a market for rim brake stuff. Albeit a very small one. Perhaps only me:)

Albeit a very small one.

Yep no fatties allowed ;)

Perhaps only me:)

You made your bed, sleep in it!

I'm literally in bed right now. (Excuse for lazy is I had surgery yesterday)

I suspect there will always be a market for rim brake stuff. Albeit a very small one

There will be a big market for rim brakes, but it will be at the low end, satisfied by OEMs like Alex, Rodi, Ryde and even cheaper Chinese factories, not Mavic.

Although I'm likely to go disc on my next tourer/CX build.

So I either stock up soon or will have to bin my bike?

I had Cosmic SLRs - the 50mm aluminium Exalith things for long enough to know that heavy, very stiff aluminium rims weighed down by an extra carbon section are the worst of many worlds. Took a lot of effort to spin up and very uncomfortable. I shouldn't have given in to the scaremongering about braking issues with carbon. Nobody tells you that good carbon wheels aren't just light, they're magical for ride comfort.

The SLRs always stayed true and didn't need any maintenance despite plenty of abuse and winter commuting. Didn't like the quality of the carbon section, the valve hole was too large so the valve made knocking sounds over bumps, and the hubs looked cheap and plasticky.

Indeed. And whomever supplies the retrogrouch/velo orange type crowd. Not that that qualifies anywhere near high-end road.

So I either stock up soon or will have to bin my bike?

You'll be able to buy something that's usable for the rest of your life, but in the 40 years I've been watching the number of rim makes and models readily available at retail has shrunk dramatically as factory built wheels have taken over. That probably means, as @Cupcakes says, that eventually only a few specialist shops will keep them, and they will have to pick an extrusion from one of the huge OEMs and have batches made in retrogrouch drillings.

Forum group buy of NOS clincher rim brake rims in 10 years time when a secret stash is uncovered in some far-off warehouse!

all the h+son tb14.

Mavic in BBHMM GIF form

It will be disc brakes for everything pretty soon, I can't see much point in anybody launching a new line of high-end rim-brake product.

Hydraulics are taking a long time to filter down though it seems. A mate is looking on Wheelies for an insurance replacement at the moment and there are very few disc options <£1500 and no hydro at all. Hard choice between large selection of rim brake frames, or tiny selection of disc frames (future proof).

Only issue is there's a pressure limit of 80psi written on the rims, that wasn't mentioned on the site at all before buying.
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I don't suppose anybody choosing a 25mm wide rim is going to be using less than 28C tyres, that's 70psi front and 80psi rear for me and I'm 100kg. I don't suppose they've bothered to put a proper table on the side of the rim, as maximum pressure depends on the tyre section for practical rim designs.

Hrm.. I hadn't considered this. Was vaguely planning to get a set of those rims and run 25mm tyres (or 27mm paves if they'll fit my frame). Total weight about 80kg including bike.

A mate is looking on Wheelies for an insurance replacement at the moment...

Tell him to look elsewhere: Wheelies (and Tredz) are shisters, plenty of bad rep for Wheelies on-line.

It's one of those mandatory exclusive insurance company deals - they even have a dedicated website at bikereplacement.co.uk. Seems a bit scammy, eg a supersix for £1499 which is £1275 on the main website (and every other shop, including Evans).

Seems a bit scammy

That's Wheelies!

Superstar Components carbon for £600 or Far Sports for £450?