A customer brought in a Ksyrium 125 for me to work on.
Brand new bike.
Both wheels were completely straight with zero runout.
The front wheel was so perfectly centered that
it seemed like all I did was mount and remove the tire.
The rear wheel's rim was sitting a bit toward the freewheel side,
but since there was no runout, I just tightened up the freewheel side to center it.
I wanted to avoid removing the cassette if possible.
This front wheel is honestly one of the best Mavic wheels I've ever seen
in terms of precision right out of the box.
I wondered if maybe someone had already inspected this elsewhere
and they brought it to me for a second opinion.
But if that were the case, there's no way they would've missed
the rear wheel's centering issue,
so I'm pretty confident this is just a lucky specimen that came straight from the factory as-is.
Brand new bike.
Both wheels were completely straight with zero runout.
The front wheel was so perfectly centered that
it seemed like all I did was mount and remove the tire.
The rear wheel's rim was sitting a bit toward the freewheel side,
but since there was no runout, I just tightened up the freewheel side to center it.
I wanted to avoid removing the cassette if possible.
This front wheel is honestly one of the best Mavic wheels I've ever seen
in terms of precision right out of the box.
I wondered if maybe someone had already inspected this elsewhere
and they brought it to me for a second opinion.
But if that were the case, there's no way they would've missed
the rear wheel's centering issue,
so I'm pretty confident this is just a lucky specimen that came straight from the factory as-is.