A customer brought in a Ksyrium Elite for me to work on.

Just the rear wheel.
It belongs to a cycling buddy I've known for a long time,
and I have a feeling I've done truing work on this before.
Hardly any runout, and the centering was spot on.
I probably dialed in the centering myself last time I trued it.


This is from the era when "the Ksyrium SL has nipple seats milled between the spoke holes, but the Elite doesn't—
but instead of regular nipples and spokes, it uses Duralumin nipple adapters with Duralumin steel spokes"
These rims are on the heavier side, but once you get them spinning,
they feel great at speed.
One way I can tell if a rim is truly light is whether it's prone to sliding around and acting up on rollers,
and this wheel should handle that just fine.
Heavier rims have their own advantages.


↑Unlike current models, the spokes aren't woven in a radial pattern.