Mavic is bringing again a traditional with a restricted version of their iconic yellow DeeMax DH mountain bike wheels, now up to date for a contemporary era of gravity riders. In some way it’s been 1 / 4 of a century for the reason that DeeMax’s debut racing DH and pioneering freeride, in order that they’re celebrating in flashy yellow in restricted numbers.
Mavic DeeMax DH twenty fifth Anniversary Restricted Version Yellow
Calling them an “Unbreakable Legend”, we bear in mind a few of downhills largest names racing these unmistakable yellow wheels. After which quickly after of seeing them hucked of the largest cliffs within the early days of freeride. They’re an undeniably iconic wheelset as mountain biking quickly progressed to driving and racing rather more technical terrain. And plenty of of gravity mountain biking’s largest names rode DeeMaxes.
We’re not totally positive how Mavic does their twenty fifth Anniversary DeeMax math, because the wheels technically debut on the DH World Cup in 1995 as a prototype tubeless alloy rim wrapped in an aero carbon shroud developed along with Michelin. Mavic says two seasons later although, Nicolas Vouilloz was profitable World Cups and a World Championship already on the primary yellow DeeMax wheels that then seared themselves into our brains. Nonetheless that’s 26 years in the past. Perhaps somewhat lull within the Mavic enterprise lately justified holding out on giving us new yellow DeeMaxes. However now, we’ve got them. And we’re kinda psyched.
So what’s really new?
In growth for years, the massive modifications are within the all-new DeeMax DH rim…
It’s nonetheless Maxtal S6000 alloy, welded, and nonetheless tubeless. Nonetheless UST-ready, in actual fact.
However just about every little thing else has modified.
Within the fundamental numbers, the brand new 30mm inner width is the primary change, up from 28mm within the final yellow iteration up to date six years in the past. That’s not any wider than we see even with some XC wheels today, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a candy spot to supporting the two.5″ tires that dominate fashionable gravity racing (rated for 2-3″ tires).
However there may be additionally a 2x wider properly in the midst of the rim cavity to make tire installs simpler.
What is basically attention-grabbing in that profile is the return of hooks, which Mavic assures us is to enhance influence safety and cut back sidewall pinch flats. The general uneven rim profile can also be now extra triangular (moderately than a semi-circle curve) to higher deal with excessive influence forces. Plus, thicker shoulders on the base of the rim sidewall to reduce native bending on influence.
Tech particulars
The brand new DeeMax DH wheels are constructed with 28 double-butted bladed j-bend spokes and metal nipples laced 3x entrance & rear for light-weight and sturdiness. Hubs are outsized alloy with 6-bolt disc brake compatibility, with QRM sealed cartridge bearings
DeeMax wheels are available varied iterations of DH, Enhance & Tremendous Enhance spacing. Entrance wheels will be picked with 15x110mm & 20x110mm thru-axles. Whereas rear wheels are available 12x148mm, 12x150mm & 12x157mm. Then choose from DH-specific 7-speed, Shimano HG, Shimano MicroSpline, or SRAM XD freehub our bodies.
The rear hubs function Immediate Drive 360 ratchet internals with 40 enamel for quick 9° engagement.
Full wheelset weight is claimed at 2020g for a mullet setup. Or as much as 2080 for a 29er pair (990g entrance/1090g rear).
The brand new DeeMax DH wheels are unsurprisingly rated for ASTM Class 5 for all gravity driving/racing, with a max rider + bike system weight of 150kg/330lb.
Mavic DeeMax DH – Pricing, choices & availability
Formally, these new Mavic DeeMax wheels are a restricted version 2024 product. However they’re already accessible this autumn by common Mavic retail channels worldwide. Mavic is imprecise about simply how ‘restricted’ they are surely. So, act quick in case you really feel an uncontrollable urge to be rolling on yellow DeeMaxes.
The 2024 Mavic DeeMax DH twenty fifth Anniversary Restricted Version wheels can be found on the market as a wheelset for $755 / 700€. However they arrive in each 29″ & 27.5″ diameters (possible 27.5 is rear solely) and many alternative hub spacings. So you possibly can choose and select entrance ($340) and rear ($415) wheels individually to suit your personal downhill, freeride, or just gravity-oriented mountain bike.
New all-black normal version variations are additionally accessible for a couple of dollars much less. And can really prevent about 10g in paint per wheel.
However you’ll miss out on all that model.
