Which Mavic Spoke Do I need ?
Identification of the spokes you need for your Mavic wheels can be a bit of minefield.
Hopefully this short guide will help steer you in the right direction.
The first step is to know which wheels you have ; specifically the exact model and model year.
This is easy to do, just find the serial number (it will be near the valve) and has the format of two or three letters followed by 7 or 8 numbers
It will either be laser etched onto the rim or a barcode – examples below
Enter the serial number into technicalmanual.mavic.com, this should then show you an exploded diagram of your wheel
Once you have the exploded diagram , make sure you are focussed on the correct wheel (ie. Front or Rear), by clicking the appropriate tab. As well as the visual diagram there is also an option to download the information into a pdf.
Within the diagram (example below) you will see that that the spokes (as well as all other parts ) are numbered.
In the example below the spokes are numbered 2 and 3 (arrowed)
Refer down to the spokes section, and you will then be able to identify the Mavic part numbers.
So in the example below, the Non-Drive Side spoke (number 2 in the diagram) is part number V3661601 or V2383001
The Drive Side spoke (number 3 in the diagram) is part part number V3661701 or V2279201
The spoke section will often include the spoke length as well as the part number.
In our example we can see that the non-drive side spoke (V3661601 or V2383001) is 297mm
Note this is the length measure to the shoulder of the spoke (ie. it excludes the head).
End to End the spoke will be a few mm longer
Sometimes you will see multiple references to the spoke number in the diagram. In our example we can see that there are two references for both the drive side and non-drive side.
Often this will be because a new generation of the spoke has become available.
In our example above V3661601 was the original non-drive side spoke , and (this has now been discontinued) and V2383001 is the later generation.
If you are not able to determine the spoke you need, or just want a sanity check, drop us a query on our Mavic Forum, and we will repond. We check it daily.