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Mavic T519 vs Mavic A719
Hello everybody,
I have been given a chance of buying a pair of NOS Mavic T519 rims for my touring bicycle at a very low price. I understand that these rims have long been replaced by the T520 and currently the A719. The Mavic site does not include info on older products so my questions: - Is the A719 worth the extra cost or the T519 is more or less the same rim? - What are the differences? Thank you in advance Dimitris |
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Mavic T519 vs Mavic A719
dimitris_stamatelos wrote:
I have been given a chance of buying a pair of NOS Mavic T519 rims for my touring bicycle at a very low price. I understand that these rims have long been replaced by the T520 and currently the A719. The Mavic site does not include info on older products so my questions: - Is the A719 worth the extra cost or the T519 is more or less the same rim? They are basically the same. They are not as strong as they should be for their size, but they are still pretty strong. Neither is worth nearly as much as its retail price would suggest, but if you can buy them below about $30 they're not a bad deal. I think the Alex Adventurer is a better rim (which can be bought online for $25), but it only comes in black and only in 32 and 36 hole drilling - What are the differences? There's some sort of sidewall wear indicator on the A719 that isn't present on the T519. Chalo |
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Mavic T519 vs Mavic A719
On Feb 15, 11:30*am, Chalo wrote:
dimitris_stamatelos wrote: I have been given a chance of buying a pair of NOS Mavic T519 rims for my touring bicycle at a very low price. I understand that these rims have long been replaced by the T520 and currently the A719. The Mavic site does not include info on older products so my questions: - Is the A719 worth the extra cost or the T519 is more or less the same rim? They are basically the same. *They are not as strong as they should be for their size, but they are still pretty strong. *Neither is worth nearly as much as its retail price would suggest, but if you can buy them below about $30 they're not a bad deal. I think the Alex Adventurer is a better rim (which can be bought online for $25), but it only comes in black and only in 32 and 36 hole drilling DM18 if you want silver. Only "drawback" is that it's not machined, so the joint will be need a little sanding. Even cheaper. I've built and tried to destroy both. I'd ride either on any adventure where I absolutely needed reliability. As Chalo mentions--the drilling can be the decision maker. For a 48H rim, I'd go for a Sun Rhyno. Also dirt cheap. Stick with the Mavics if they're $5 or so. |
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On Feb 15, 12:30*pm, Chalo wrote:
dimitris_stamatelos wrote: I have been given a chance of buying a pair of NOS Mavic T519 rims for my touring bicycle at a very low price. I understand that these rims have long been replaced by the T520 and currently the A719. The Mavic site does not include info on older products so my questions: - Is the A719 worth the extra cost or the T519 is more or less the same rim? They are basically the same. *They are not as strong as they should be for their size, but they are still pretty strong. *Neither is worth nearly as much as its retail price would suggest, but if you can buy them below about $30 they're not a bad deal. I think the Alex Adventurer is a better rim (which can be bought online for $25), but it only comes in black and only in 32 and 36 hole drilling - What are the differences? There's some sort of sidewall wear indicator on the A719 that isn't present on the T519. Chalo for an 18-20mm nominal width rim that is inexpensive another option to consider would be a Sun CR-18; I have them on my bike because that's what VO was using on their inexpensive prebuilt dynohub wheelsets a while back. I did have to lightly touch up the joint on one to get it to brake right but other than that I really can't tell the difference in ride between them and the Velocity rims on my other bike. For whatever reason my LBS has lots of CR18s on hooks but no Alex rims, things may be different where you live. nate |
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Mavic T519 vs Mavic A719
On Feb 15, 1:18*pm, N8N wrote:
On Feb 15, 12:30*pm, Chalo wrote: dimitris_stamatelos wrote: I have been given a chance of buying a pair of NOS Mavic T519 rims for my touring bicycle at a very low price. I understand that these rims have long been replaced by the T520 and currently the A719. The Mavic site does not include info on older products so my questions: - Is the A719 worth the extra cost or the T519 is more or less the same rim? They are basically the same. *They are not as strong as they should be for their size, but they are still pretty strong. *Neither is worth nearly as much as its retail price would suggest, but if you can buy them below about $30 they're not a bad deal. I think the Alex Adventurer is a better rim (which can be bought online for $25), but it only comes in black and only in 32 and 36 hole drilling - What are the differences? There's some sort of sidewall wear indicator on the A719 that isn't present on the T519. Chalo for an 18-20mm nominal width rim that is inexpensive another option to consider would be a Sun CR-18; I have them on my bike because that's what VO was using on their inexpensive prebuilt dynohub wheelsets a while back. *I did have to lightly touch up the joint on one to get it to brake right but other than that I really can't tell the difference in ride between them and the Velocity rims on my other bike. For whatever reason my LBS has lots of CR18s on hooks but no Alex rims, things may be different where you live. CR18 is about a 500g rim, whereas the Mavic and Alex rims are over 600g. Strength is relatively proportional to meat. The Alex are closer to a piggy 650g on my scale, which is a good thing if you're looking for bombproofness. I believe a Rhynolite is close to that as well in 622mm. |
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Mavic T519 vs Mavic A719
On Feb 15, 7:49*pm, landotter wrote:
On Feb 15, 1:18*pm, N8N wrote: On Feb 15, 12:30*pm, Chalo wrote: dimitris_stamatelos wrote: I have been given a chance of buying a pair of NOS Mavic T519 rims for my touring bicycle at a very low price. I understand that these rims have long been replaced by the T520 and currently the A719. The Mavic site does not include info on older products so my questions: - Is the A719 worth the extra cost or the T519 is more or less the same rim? They are basically the same. *They are not as strong as they should be for their size, but they are still pretty strong. *Neither is worth nearly as much as its retail price would suggest, but if you can buy them below about $30 they're not a bad deal. I think the Alex Adventurer is a better rim (which can be bought online for $25), but it only comes in black and only in 32 and 36 hole drilling - What are the differences? There's some sort of sidewall wear indicator on the A719 that isn't present on the T519. Chalo for an 18-20mm nominal width rim that is inexpensive another option to consider would be a Sun CR-18; I have them on my bike because that's what VO was using on their inexpensive prebuilt dynohub wheelsets a while back. *I did have to lightly touch up the joint on one to get it to brake right but other than that I really can't tell the difference in ride between them and the Velocity rims on my other bike. For whatever reason my LBS has lots of CR18s on hooks but no Alex rims, things may be different where you live. CR18 is about a 500g rim, whereas the Mavic and Alex rims are over 600g. Strength is relatively proportional to meat. The Alex are closer to a piggy 650g on my scale, which is a good thing if you're looking for bombproofness. perfectly satisfactory bombproofness should be available with a 500g rim. Any heavier and you will probably be paying for the excess metal rather than the design. Some people though like an excess, especially on braking sidewalls, good idea if you are doing a round the world trip. I believe a Rhynolite is close to that as well in 622mm. |
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Mavic T519 vs Mavic A719
On 2/15/2011 7:35 PM, thirty-six aka Trevor Jeffrey wrote:
On Feb 15, 7:49 pm, wrote: On Feb 15, 1:18 pm, wrote: On Feb 15, 12:30 pm, wrote: dimitris_stamatelos wrote: I have been given a chance of buying a pair of NOS Mavic T519 rims for my touring bicycle at a very low price. I understand that these rims have long been replaced by the T520 and currently the A719. The Mavic site does not include info on older products so my questions: - Is the A719 worth the extra cost or the T519 is more or less the same rim? They are basically the same. They are not as strong as they should be for their size, but they are still pretty strong. Neither is worth nearly as much as its retail price would suggest, but if you can buy them below about $30 they're not a bad deal. I think the Alex Adventurer is a better rim (which can be bought online for $25), but it only comes in black and only in 32 and 36 hole drilling - What are the differences? There's some sort of sidewall wear indicator on the A719 that isn't present on the T519. Chalo for an 18-20mm nominal width rim that is inexpensive another option to consider would be a Sun CR-18; I have them on my bike because that's what VO was using on their inexpensive prebuilt dynohub wheelsets a while back. I did have to lightly touch up the joint on one to get it to brake right but other than that I really can't tell the difference in ride between them and the Velocity rims on my other bike. For whatever reason my LBS has lots of CR18s on hooks but no Alex rims, things may be different where you live. CR18 is about a 500g rim, whereas the Mavic and Alex rims are over 600g. Strength is relatively proportional to meat. The Alex are closer to a piggy 650g on my scale, which is a good thing if you're looking for bombproofness. perfectly satisfactory bombproofness should be available with a 500g rim. Any heavier and you will probably be paying for the excess metal rather than the design. Some people though like an excess, especially on braking sidewalls, good idea if you are doing a round the world trip. I believe a Rhynolite is close to that as well in 622mm. What you want are some Real Man rims: http://velonews.competitor.com/files/archive/images/9673.14252.jpg, not some girly aluminium alloy rims. -- Tēm ShermĒn - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. |
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Mavic T519 vs Mavic A719
On Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 11:39:29 AM UTC-5, wrote:
Hello everybody, I have been given a chance of buying a pair of NOS Mavic T519 rims for my touring bicycle at a very low price. I understand that these rims have long been replaced by the T520 and currently the A719. The Mavic site does not include info on older products so my questions: - Is the A719 worth the extra cost or the T519 is more or less the same rim? - What are the differences? Thank you in advance Dimitris I have one if you want it. |
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Mavic T519 vs Mavic A719
Do you still have the mavic t519 wheels?
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