Still, like with many other MTB components, the waters can get murky the deeper you dive into the tech, standards, and different brakes on mountain bikes, road bikes, gravel bikes, and more.

A manageable material swap is pretty much all it takes to significantly drop the versatile Canyon Spectral's price.

That’s right, in 2025, Mavic still makes and sells a wheelset for 26” rim brake mountain bikes with quick-release dropouts—a style of bike that’s been out of fashion for more than 25 years.