On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 12:50:50 -0400, Alex Rodriguez
wrote:

In article , says...

but jobst, according to competent professional wheel builders on this
group, many non-eyelet rims successfully resist cracking, and of the
mavic rims, the x517 & now x717 series [including disk-specific rims]
use only single eyelet with no apparent disadvantage. the only "design
weakness" of the ma3 is that it cannot tolerate "tension as high as the
rim will bear", but that's not a mavic problem. a quick call to
888-gomavic will reveal the manufacturer spoke tension spec and the
recommended application.

Why would mavic not include that information with every rim?

[snip]

Dear Alex,

My theory is that Mavic employs some of the stupidest--

Certain corporations make a fetish of secrecy and
inconvenience because they're nitwits who--

Er, the recommended tension for Mavic rims is a proprietary
secret, meant for dealers, not ordinary users. For their
convenience, tension specs are available through these eight
easy steps:

Go he http://www.tech-mavic.com/

Click on English.

Log on as mavic-com, using the secret password dealer.

Click on products.

Click on a category like road and triathlon.

Click on a rim model.

Click on spare parts and references.

Wait for the pdf to load.

Look down on the lower right for the tension.

Or you can try Jim's more primitive method of calling
888-gomavic and asking for the same secret information.

The point is that you, as a mere customer, are not supposed
to think that the company gives out this kind of info to
just anybody.

Heaven forbid that there should be an easily available web
site that answers the obvious questions!

Carl Fogel