With a heritage spanning 130 years, it comes as no surprise that Mavic is one of the finest bicycle wheel makers in the world. While some of its wheelset options are pretty exorbitantly priced – and for good reason – there's a raft of more affordable options lower down the ladder to satisfy all wants and needs.
A fresh wheelset will radically alter the performance of your bike and improve such attributes as aerodynamics, stiffness and weight, but this upgrade is often overlooked owing to the sizeable price tag associated with it. Despite this fact, the performance benefits far outweigh the initial cash outlay and you needn't spend thousands to reap the rewards.
Mavic's road-wheel catalogue is extensive and can be confusing at first glance thanks to the myriad options within each model range, but the upshot to this variety means there is literally something for every discipline. Mavic-specific tyres come standard on all but two of its wheelsets (the basic Aksium and Aksium Disc) as the company believes tyre choice has a direct bearing on the performance of a wheel.
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Despite having introduced the first mountain bike tubeless system back in 1999, Mavic only recently rolled out a dedicated tubeless programme on its road wheelsets – something the company calls Universal System Tubeless (UST), which was developed in-house. Not only is this system lighter than the conventional inner-tube-equipped wheel equivalent, Mavic claims the UST system can double up as a run-flat in emergency situations.
Scroll down to see Cyclingnews' round-up of Mavic road wheels available to buy for 2019.
Mavic road wheels you can buy today
Mavic Aksium range
- Price: (Starting from) US$275 / £179 / AU$323
- Type: Endurance
- Material: Aluminium
- Depth: 21mm
- Brake: Rim, Disc
- Tyre format: Tubeless and clincher (25mm-32mm)
- Rim width: 17mm (rim) 19mm (Elite UST)
- Spoke count: 20 (rim)
- Weight: 1840g (Mavic Aksium Elite UST)
Model range
- Mavic Aksium
- Mavic Aksium Disc
- Mavic Aksium Elite UST
- Mavic Aksium Elite UST Disc
Mavic Ksyrium range
- Price: (Starting from) US$550 / £409 / AU$730
- Type: Climbing
- Material: Aluminium, carbon
- Depth: 22-32mm
- Brake: Rim, disc
- Tyre format: Tubular, tubeless and clincher (25mm-32mm)
- Rim width: 17-21mm
- Spoke count: 24 (Ksyrium Elite UST Disc)
- Weight: 1670g (Ksyrium Elite UST Disc)
Model range
- Mavic Ksyrium UST
- Mavic Ksyrium UST Disc
- Mavic Ksyrium Elite UST
- Mavic Ksyrium Elite UST Disc
- Mavic Ksyrium Pro UST
- Mavic Ksyrium Pro UST Disc
- Mavic Ksyrium Pro Exalith
- Mavic Ksyrium Pro Carbon UST Disc TDF
- Mavic Ksyrium Pro Carbon UST Disc
- Mavic Ksyrium Pro Carbon SL Tubular
- Mavic Ksyrium Pro Carbon SL UST TDF
- Mavic Ksyrium Pro Carbon SL UST Disc TDF
- Mavic Ksyrium Pro Carbon SL UST
- Mavic Ksyrium Pro Carbon SL UST Disc
Mavic R-Sys SLR range
- Price: (Starting from) US$1999 / £1629 / AU$2908
- Type: Climbing
- Material: Aluminium
- Depth: 24mm front, 26mm rear
- Brake: Rim
- Tyre format: Clincher (21mm-30mm)
- Rim width: 15mm
- Spoke count: 16 front, 20 rear
- Weight: 1295g (pair without tyres)
Model range
- Mavic R-Sys SLR
Mavic Cosmic range
- Price: (Starting from) US$549 / £409 / AU$727
- Type: Aero
- Material: Aluminium, carbon
- Depth: 30-45mm
- Brake: Rim, disc
- Tyre format: Tubular, tubeless and clincher (25mm-32mm)
- Rim width: 17-19mm
- Spoke count: 18 front, 24 rear (Cosmic Pro Carbon SL UST)
- Weight: 1490g (Cosmic Pro Carbon SL UST )
Model range
- Mavic Cosmic Elite UST
- Mavic Cosmic Elite UST Disc
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon Exalith
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon UST
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon UST Disc
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon UST Disc TDF
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL Tubular
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL Tubular Disc
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL UST
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL UST TDF
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL UST Disc
- Mavic Cosmic Pro Carbon SL UST Disc TDF
- Mavic Cosmic Ultimate Tubular
Mavic Comete range
- Price: (Starting from) US$900 / £1190 / AU$2105
- Type: Hyperaero
- Material: Carbon
- Depth: 64
- Brake: Rim, disc
- Tyre format: Tubular, tubeless and clincher (25mm-32mm)
- Rim width: 19
- Spoke count: 24 (Comete Pro Carbon SL UST Disc)
- Weight: 1755g (Comete Pro Carbon SL UST Disc)
Model range
- Mavic Comete Pro Carbon SL Tubular
- Mavic Comete Pro Carbon SL UST Disc
- Mavic Comete Pro Carbon SL UST
- Mavic Comete Road (rear aero disc)
- Mavic Comete Pro Carbon UST Disc TDF
- Mavic Comete Pro Carbon SL UST TDF
- Mavic Comete Pro Carbon SL UST Disc TDF
Mavic Ellipse range
- Price: (Starting from) US$935 / £1629 / AU$2917
- Type: Track, crit
- Material: Carbon
- Depth: 64mm
- Brake: Rim, disc
- Tyre format: Tubeless and clincher (25mm-32mm)
- Rim width: 19mm
- Spoke count: 20
- Weight: 1815g (pair without tyres)
Model range
- Mavic Ellipse Pro Carbon UST
Mavic Allroad range
- Price: (Starting from) US$349 / £250 / AU$450
- Type: Gravel
- Material: Aluminium, carbon
- Depth: 21-28mm
- Brake: Rim, disc
- Tyre format: Tubeless, clincher (28mm-62mm)
- Rim width: 22-26mm
- Spoke count: 24 (Allroad Elite Road+ Disc 650b)
- Weight: 1740g (Allroad Elite Road+ Disc 650b)
Model range
- Mavic Allroad Disc
- Mavic Allroad Elite UST
- Mavic Allroad Elite Road+ Disc
- Mavic Allroad Elite UST Disc
- Mavic Allroad Pro UST Disc
- Mavic Allroad Pro Carbon SL Disc
- Mavic Allroad Pro Carbon SL Road+ Disc
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