Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

Always worth asking imo... Especially from the likes of specialized et al

Does the exalith stuff on Mavic rims wear off or stay forever?
wears off

user error

is it? never owned one but keen on open pro exalith

So u don't even kno!

According to the internet = does not, but does sometimes.

And?

I have seen worn off ones on the gram

If you use the proper brake pads and clean your bike than it should be fine.

LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZ

I have a pair of the old exalith coated open pros and that doesn't wear off. they also last for fucking ever. it can however chip off but not through braking

I will wear it off.

Chuck Norris tried to race me once, I now use him for brake pads.

Wrong. A friend's wore off. He rode them a lot. But then he went on one ride in the wet this one time and his rear rim turned completely silver. #peak

Teammates have had luck with warranty, worth a try

What are you going for?

Exalith isn't what was on the old ceramic open pros

I went for DT Swiss R24 Spline from Mantel.

Considering they come with both QR and TA endcaps, it was the most straightforward option.

NB The endcaps aren't always included, I think it depends on the model year.

Aren't you going for a more gram friendly 650?

I have a reasonable set of pacenti/hope 700c wheels already so also want 650b for lols. Just not sure what rims to order.

as i said, user error

Old ceramic open pro's were the shit

Did I read here that new OP pricing is £149 per rim?

For the exalith ones yeah, standard rims will be ~ £50

Nice

Thanks, will pass that on

£60 and are already available ...

Going 700, so either Hope 20five or home-built DT 350 to R460 db or a slightly wider rim from someone else.