Mavic Cosmic Carbone Ultimate Wheelset

- Tubular, for glue-on tires

- For Shimano/SRAM cassettes. Fully 11 speed compatible, or use with 9 or 10 speed with a Mavic spacer (not included, available aftermarket)

- 700c

This is Mavic's top end, sub-1200 gram race wheelset, the most commonly raced wheel in the professional peloton. The Cosmic Carbone Ultimate wheels are light and aero, equally adept at sprinting and climbing. The 12K carbon wheel features a 40 mm deep elliptical rim. The front wheel has flange-to-rim molded spokes, while the rear driveside has nipples for fine tuning the tension and true. Barring a crash or unforeseen impact, these wheels are as durable as Ksyriums, making them great everyday wheels and even suitable for cyclocross.

When new, these wheels retailed for $3599.

These particular wheels are being sold for a Mavic sponsored professional cycling team. They were used for several seasons. The front wheel is in excellent used shape with no issues. The rear wheel has a few issues namely:

1. Wear to the brake tracks. These tubular brake tracks are carbon and have a lot of material left, but I would conservatively estimate they are at about 50% life left.

2. A few of the non driveside spokes have little pieces of rubber wedged between the spokes. This is a pro mechanics' trick for perfectly truing the wheels, because there are no nipples as the spokes are molded in from hub to rim.

3. Delamination at the rim/spoke intersection (see last picture). These wheels have been ridden like this for years with no issues. The way the CCU wheel is constructed, the spokes are molded very deep into the rim. Ride as is, or epoxy the area to strengthen it. Either way, the wheels have been raced with no issues.

Overall, the low price is a killer deal, with most of the value in the excellent shape front wheel and the very much usable, but less perfect, rear is a bonus.

Includes skewers and wheel bags. Thanks for looking!