Your all-round aero wheel
To give you a complete aerodynamic advantage on the road, we have designed the Mavic COMETE 50 carbon wheel: an aero carbon wheel designed to deliver speed, responsiveness and control on all road surfaces.
Its 50 mm profile and 23 mm internal width ensure an optimal balance between aerodynamic penetration, stability and comfort, allowing you to maintain high speed whilst retaining precise control, even in crosswinds.
Its profiled carbon spokes work in synergy with wind tunnel-optimised geometry, a design developed during our sessions at the Geneva wind tunnel and validated by feedback from professional riders and expert testers, to guarantee measurable aerodynamic efficiency in a variety of conditions.
The new Mavic Ceramic bearings significantly reduce friction, offering you better power transfer and superior efficiency, especially as speed increases or the road slopes.
Weighing just 1315g per pair, the Mavic COMETE 50 carbon wheel pushes the boundaries of lightness without sacrificing stiffness or precision, resulting in a wheel capable of accelerating instantly, holding its line on fast descents and maintaining a high level of comfort over long distances.
More than just an aero wheel, the COMETE 50 is a truly versatile, high-performance solution, capable of excelling from the flat to climbs, from sustained tempo to the most aggressive surges.
Total performance, concentrated in an aero carbon wheel that elevates every ride.
The aero/lightweight combo
to gain speed
The Mavic COMETE 50 carbon wheel is designed to go fast, thanks to a unique combination of aerodynamics, lightness and rolling efficiency. Our engineers carried out numerous iterations, comparisons and tests, including wind tunnel testing in Geneva, to optimise every aspect of the profile. The result: a wheel that is genuinely faster, responsive to every acceleration and stable at high speeds, from the flat to climbs.
Over a 50 km route, the COMETE 50 can save you up to 12 seconds(1), a tangible advantage that changes your relationship with speed… and your personal bests.
12 s /1315 g
(1)12 s vs Cosmic SLR 45
The natural responsiveness
of a full-carbon design
The Mavic COMETE 50 carbon wheel transforms power into instant acceleration thanks to the high-precision carbon construction.
Our specific Adaptive Layup structure, combining different fibres (T700, T1000, 3K), offers an ideal balance between stiffness, handling and dynamic performance. The lightweight flat carbon spokes transmit every watt without loss whilst reinforcing the wheel’s sleek character.
Internal tests show that the 21-spoke configuration per wheel—14 crossed in pairs to transmit torque and 7 radial spokes for balance on each side—offers the best stiffness-to-aerodynamics-to-weight ratio for precise handling and perfect tension balance, further enhancing steering precision.
The carbon spokes, capable of absorbing vibrations, improve comfort, stability and control.
Every acceleration feels more direct. Every line is sharper.
You can really feel the carbon working for you.
99.7%
Equal tension for highly precise handling
Adaptive layup
For the ideal balance between stiffness, manoeuvrability and
dynamic performance.
Carbon spokes
Absorb vibrations, improve comfort, stability and control.
Every acceleration feels more direct. Every line is sharper.
21spokes, 14/7parquet
Mavic mastery
for ultimate control
The Mavic COMETE 50 carbon wheel embodies our ethos: test, improve, validate, and repeat until we achieve a result that will satisfy our most demanding riders.
Every component goes through our in-house testing machines, which allow for up to 57 different tests, before a second series of tests validates the performance of the assembled wheel. This double-checking process guarantees reliability far beyond standard levels.
In the quest for marginal gains, we have completely redesigned the heart of the wheel:
- 40-tooth ratchets for instant response,
- an optimised spring tension to minimise freewheel friction,
- Mavic Ceramic bearings to reduce friction,
- a redesigned hub for aerodynamic performance and responsiveness,
- lightweight hub bodies weighing -22 g/rear hub & -5 g/front hub,
- Locked-In Spoke Heads, which secure the spoke heads and maintain consistent tension over time.
Together, these features form a unique mechanical platform, delivering consistent performance, maximum stability and ultimate confidence, ride after ride.
Once fitted to your bike, you’ll immediately understand what a true Mavic wheel is.
And you’ll be as proud of it as we are.
Mastery of the art
Locked-In
Spoke Heads
To secure the spoke heads
and provide long-lasting tension.
57
Extensive testing and double-checking for reliability
that exceeds industry standards.
Approved by the pros
The COMETE 50 has proven its effectiveness under the intense demands of Thomas De Gendt, a stage winner in all three Grand Tours and involved in its development, converting every acceleration into a measurable gain in speed and watts.
It is now used by the professionals of the St Michel-Préférence Home-Auber93 team, who put it through its paces in real competitive conditions. Having passed the laboratory protocol amongst the 57 existing tests, it is only natural that we entrust our products to our best road athletes so that they can push them to the limit, even in the worst conditions.
Alison
Jackson
UCI Women's Pro Team - Saint-Michel - Preference Home - Auber93
Thomas
de Gendt
Stage winner in all three Grand Tours
The commitment
of the design team
We do not provide direct comparisons, but our internal tests speak for themselves:
- Wind tunnel: gains measured in watts, confirming its consistent ranking as No. 1 or No. 2 in real-world conditions.
- Strength and durability: extreme fatigue cycles validated.
- Stiffness and responsiveness: consistently among the best results in our testing protocols.
>250 hours
Tests in our Geneva wind tunnel to validate
and optimise CFD studies.
15
Engineers dedicated to research at our development centre
in Chavanod in the Alps.
Science in the service
of safety
For us, YOU are the most important thing. Our wheels have undergone the most rigorous impact tests so that you can ride safely, no matter how uneven the road surface.
50% above UCI requirements
in frontal impact tests.
Long-lasting performance
Our laboratory tests on our measuring equipment subjected the wheels to lateral and vertical endurance testing at 70 km/h with a load of 120 kg, over a distance equivalent to 700,000 km on the road – enough to ride fast for a very long time(3).
Beyond these figures, our wheels maintain their performance throughout their entire lifespan.
Our best technologies
The Mavic laboratory followed a comprehensive process: research, prototyping, testing, iterations, failures, improvements… until the optimal rim profile was achieved to meet the ambitions of the COMETE 50 project.
• Specific Mavic Adaptive Layup
With a carbon weave optimised for the stiffness/weight/vibration absorption ratio, the Mavic Comete 50 rivals the best wheels when there is virtually no wind. As soon as the wind picks up (from ≈10 km/h, angles of attack 10–20°), the rim shape improves aerodynamics and delivers a gain of 5 to 10 W(4).
Each fibre orientation has been adjusted to meet the aerodynamic and mechanical demands of road racing.
• Mavic Aero wide rim profile & optimised footprint
A section developed and validated through repeated testing.
Objective: to minimise drag, stabilise the wheel in crosswinds, maximise control at high speeds, and improve the efficiency of the contact patch.
• Aero carbon spokes
Ultra-flat, lightweight and perfectly aligned to transmit power with surgical precision. Spoke shape determined by wind tunnel testing to reduce frontal and rotational airflow drag. 18% lower rotational drag(5) compared to standard flat carbon spokes.
• Mavic Ceramic bearings
Low friction + absolute precision = consistent performance, ride after ride.
• Fully assembled in the Mavic laboratory
Each wheel follows a rigorous and controlled Mavic assembly protocol: tension, balancing, dynamic validation.
Nothing is left to chance.
50 / 23
A profile that optimises airflow in headwinds
and, above all, crosswinds.
18 %(5)
Watts saved compared to
the carbon rims most commonly used by competitors.
40 teeth
Our new high-density ratchet
provides almost instant engagement.
Specs
Wheels
| Rim height | 50 mm - Aero wide rim |
| Rim width | Internal: 23 mm / External: 30 mm |
| Construction type | Carbon with hooks |
| Material | T700, T1000, 3K… Adaptive layup |
| Finish | UD Matt clearcoat |
| Decorative elements | Pad printing |
Hubs
| Material | Front and rear: aluminium |
| Hub width | Front: 100 mm and rear: 142 mm |
| Axle type | 12 mm thru-axle |
| Bearings | Mavic ceramic |
| Brake interface | Center Lock |
| Compatibility | Shimano HG-R 11/12-speed |
| Freewheel system | ID360 40T |
Spokes and nipples
| Spokes | 21 Mavic Aero Carbon |
| Spoke pattern | 14 crossed in pairs + 7 radial |
| Nuts | Aluminium |
Weight
| Front weight | 600 g |
| Rear weight | 715 g |
| Weight (pair) | 1315 g |
Tyre specifications
| Tyre compatibility | Tubeless / tubeless ready / inner tube |
| Recommended tyre width | 28 mm |
| ETRTO-compatible tyres | 28 mm – 65 mm |
General
| Assembly | COMETE 50 wheels are hand-built by our experts and then tested in our laboratory in Chavanod, in the heart of the French Alps. |
| ASTM | Level 1 classification |
| Accessories included | Tubeless valves |
| Maximum load | 120 kg |
Our wheels come with a
lifetime warranty
A comprehensive ecosystem of support for cyclists
(1) 12 s vs Cosmic SLR 45. We also measured a 4 s gain compared to the best competitor.
(2) Details on the measurements: this performance is measured using our fleet of test machines and wind tunnel tests with our specific rim profile, which delivers a 5 W saving in crosswinds at 50 km/h with a 15° crosswind angle compared to the current market leader.
(3) Measurements carried out in the CMEFE/HEPIA wind tunnel in Geneva at 50 km/h on wheels only with a 28 mm tyre.
(4) Based on equivalence between endurance test bench and kilometres on the road.
(5) Rotational drag: compared to the carbon rim used by the competition: 18% reduction, i.e. 1.1 W at 50 km/h.