I just received the Mavic Ellipse 2013 wheel set.
There was some critic against Mavic on the internet about their chainline which was for some years 45mm and has been reduced since 2011 - back to a standard chainline, the most hubs will give you: 42mm.
Here is what Mavic wrote to me about the chainline mythos:
"Dear Sir,
Thank you for your email and for your interest towards Mavic products.
Since the 2011 version of Ellipse, the chain line has come back to a standard 42mm, instead of the 45mm used on the previous version.
For any further information, I recommend you to visit your local Mavic dealer or contact the local Mavic distributor. All of these information can be found on the www.mavic.com
Wishing you nice rides.
Best regards,*****
Mavic - Export Department74996 Annecy Cedex 9, Francewww.mavic.com www.amersports.com "
Thanks for that!!! I don't need to question about that anymore!
Before you get you own wheel set consider the lockring problem: Mavic uses a proprietary lockring So your ISO/English (Shimano Dura Ace) or ITA (Phil Wood, Campa Record Pista, Miche threaded lockrings won´t fit.
You need to use the Mavic "Old French" metric 33x1.0mm (metric threads not Threads Per Inch=TPI) lockring:
in other words Iso/English lockrings are to small and ITA (ITA wouldn't even fit the threads while ISO/English does) lockrings are to big to fit - Mavic is kind of in between.
COG/SPROCKET:
ISO/English threading (1.37x24TPI) cogs/sprockets will fit the Mavic hub:
So good news is I can ride my beloved EAI 1 1/8 Steel Cog as I do on all other rear wheels - If you buy your Mavic Ellipse get your hands on an additional Mavic lockring (wont cost much) as reserve - one is included while purchasing a rear wheel - if you buy you rear wheel from second hand make sure to get that lockring or otherwise you have a hard time getting a new lockring since its not a big seller compared to other brands...
I let you know how they will roll when the darn rain keeps stoping!
Hey there,
ReplyDeleteI wanted to buy these wheels for my new build and found the info on your blog. I contacted Mavic again, just to double check, here's their answer (translated from French) :
"In specialized litterature, traditional chainlines for rear track wheels is 43+/-0.5mm.
On Ellipse wheels starting from 2011, chainline is close from 43.5mm.
It used to be around 47mm on pre 2011 generations."
Planning to use them with a Sugino RD-2 crankset (45mm chainline) it sounds pretty much ok to me...
I thought I'd send it to add to your post...
Hi. I´m planning to use a Omnium Sram track chanckset, with original bottom bracket that suppose to have 42mm chainline. Will this works with my 2014 Ellipse? If the Mavic is 43,5mm chainline, that´s suppose to be a problem? Thanks for answer. Ivan, triloya@hotmail.com
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