I received a Cosmic Pro Carbon Exalith from a customer.
It's been used just a tiny bit, but it's basically brand new.
About twenty years ago, there was a Cosmic Pro aluminum rim model,
but when you put the word "Pro" in the middle like this,
you'd think it was the carbon version of Cosmic Pro.
Wouldn't Cosmic Carbon Pro Exalith have worked better?
Well, actually, if we used that word order, then compared to Cosmic Carbon
with a carbon hood and aluminum rim, there was
Cosmic Carbon Pro with Kolima's full-carbon tubular rim about ten years ago,
so with that sequence, it becomes unclear whether it's an Exalith version
of a full-carbon rim or something.
The hood section has a rim shape like Smart Envy (literal comparison),
so the valve hole is positioned at the apex rather than on the side of the rim
as it used to be.
The front wheel is perfectly centered, but the rear wheel rim was offset toward the non-drive side.
This has been a consistent trend lately—I'm seeing the exact same centering issue
with Ksyrium's carbon models too.
It makes me worry that they're doing this intentionally.
(Like, the center becomes perfectly aligned when you set tire pressure to 8 bar or something?
That can't be right.)
Besides, with a wide rim shifted this much,
if you try to correct the rim offset through brake adjustment,
direct-mount brakes won't have enough adjustment range,
so it should be very problematic.
It's been used just a tiny bit, but it's basically brand new.
About twenty years ago, there was a Cosmic Pro aluminum rim model,
but when you put the word "Pro" in the middle like this,
you'd think it was the carbon version of Cosmic Pro.
Wouldn't Cosmic Carbon Pro Exalith have worked better?
Well, actually, if we used that word order, then compared to Cosmic Carbon
with a carbon hood and aluminum rim, there was
Cosmic Carbon Pro with Kolima's full-carbon tubular rim about ten years ago,
so with that sequence, it becomes unclear whether it's an Exalith version
of a full-carbon rim or something.
The hood section has a rim shape like Smart Envy (literal comparison),
so the valve hole is positioned at the apex rather than on the side of the rim
as it used to be.
The front wheel is perfectly centered, but the rear wheel rim was offset toward the non-drive side.
This has been a consistent trend lately—I'm seeing the exact same centering issue
with Ksyrium's carbon models too.
It makes me worry that they're doing this intentionally.
(Like, the center becomes perfectly aligned when you set tire pressure to 8 bar or something?
That can't be right.)
Besides, with a wide rim shifted this much,
if you try to correct the rim offset through brake adjustment,
direct-mount brakes won't have enough adjustment range,
so it should be very problematic.