Your do-it-all aero wheel optimized for all roads profiles
To give you a complete aerodynamic advantage on the road, we designed the Mavic COMETE 50 carbon wheel: an aero carbon wheel designed to deliver speed, responsiveness, and control on all road profiles.
Its 50 mm profile and 23 mm internal width ensure an optimal balance between air penetration, stability and comfort, allowing you to maintain high speed while retaining precise control, even in crosswinds.
Its aero shaped carbon spokes work in synergy with wind tunnel-optimized 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, giving you better power transfer and superior efficiency, especially when speed increases or the road slopes.
Weighing just 1315g per pair, the Mavic COMETE 50 carbon wheel pushes the limits of lightness without sacrificing stiffness nor precision, for 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 on the flat and on climbs, from sustained tempo to the most aggressive sprints..
Total performance, concentrated in an aero carbon wheel that elevates every ride.
Definitively the combo
to pure speed
The Mavic COMETE 50 carbon wheel is designed to speed, thanks to a unique combination of aerodynamics, lightness and rolling efficiency. Our engineers have carried out multiple iterations, comparisons, and validations, including wind tunnel testing in Geneva, to optimize every element of the system. The result: a wheel that is truly faster, responsive to every acceleration and stable at high speeds, from flat terrain to climbs.
Over a 50 km route, the COMETE 50 can give you up to 12 seconds(1), a tangible advantage that changes your relationship with speed… and your personal records.
12 s /1315 g
(1)12 s vs Cosmic SLR 45
Full-carbon reactivity
you can feel
The Mavic COMETE 50 carbon wheel transforms power into immediate acceleration thanks to the high-precision of carbon.
Our specific Adaptive Layup structure, combining different fibers (T700, T1000, 3K), offers an ideal balance between stiffness, handling and dynamic behavior. The flat carbon spokes transmit every watt without loss while reinforcing the wheel’s racy character.
Internal tests show that the configuration with 21 carbon spokes per wheel, 14 crossed two to transfer power and 7 radial spokes for balance, offers the best stiffness/aerodynamics/weight ratio for precise handling and perfect tension balance, further enhancing handling precision.
The carbon spokes, capable of absorbing vibrations, improve comfort, stability and control.
Every acceleration is more direct. Every trajectory is sharper.
You can really feel the carbon working for you.
99.7%
Equal tension for highly precise handling
Adaptive layup
For an ideal balance between stiffness, maneuverability, 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 is the expression of our culture: testing, improving, validating, and repeating until we achieve a result that will satisfy our most demanding riders.
Each component is tested on our in-house machines, which can perform up to 57 different tests, before a second series of tests validates the performance of the assembled wheel. This double-checking process guarantees reliability that far exceeds industry standards.
In the quest for marginal gains, we have completely redesigned the core of the wheel:
- 40-tooth ratchets for instant response,
- An optimised spring to minimize freewheeling friction,
- Mavic Ceramic bearings to reduce friction,
- A redesigned hub for aerodynamic performance and responsiveness,
- Lighter hub bodies: -22 g/rear hub & -5 g/Hub Frt
- Locked-In Spoke Heads, which secure the spoke heads and stabilize tension over time.
This combinaison forms a unique mechanical platform, offering consistent performance, maximum stability and ultimate confidence, ride after ride.
Once mounted on your bike, you will 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 stabilize tension over time tension.
57
Different tests and double verification
for reliability beyond standards.
Approved by the pros
The COMETE 50 has proven its effectiveness under the intense relays of Thomas De Gendt, stage winner in the three Grand Tours and involved in its development, converting each 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 use it in real competition conditions. After passing the lab protocol among the 57 existing tests, it is logical 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
Mavic R&D
team commitment
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.
- Resistance & durability: extreme fatigue cycles validated.
- Stiffness and responsiveness: consistent results among the best in our protocols.
>250 hours
Of testing in our Geneva wind tunnel to validate
and optimize our CFD studies.
15
Engineers dedicated to research at our development centre
in Chavanod in the Alps.
Science for safety
For us, YOU are the most important thing. Our wheels have undergone the most rigorous impact tests so that you can ride safely regardless of the unevenness of the road surface.
50% above UCI requirements
During frontal crash tests.
Long-lasting performance
Our laboratory tests on our measuring devices have mistreated the wheels for lateral endurance and vertical endurance at 70 km/h with a load of 120 kg representing a field equivalent of 700,000 km; enough to ride fast for a very long time(3).
Beyond these figures, our wheels will maintain their performance throughout their lifetime.
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 optimized 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, incidence 10–20°), the shape of the rim improves aerodynamics and saves 5 to 10 W(4).
Each fiber orientation has been adjusted to meet the aerodynamic and mechanical demands of road racing.
• Mavic Aero wide rim profile & Shorter Footprint rim shape
A section developed and validated through repeated testing.
Objective: minimise drag, stabilize the wheel in crosswinds, maximize control at high speeds, improve ground contact surface efficiency.
• Aero Spokes carbon spokes
Ultra-flat, lightweight and perfectly aligned to transmit power with surgical precision. Spoke shape determined by wind tunnel testing to reduce drag from frontal and rotational airflow. 18% less rotational drag(5) vs standard flat carbon spokes.
• Mavic Ceramic bearings
Low friction + absolute precision = consistent performance, ride after ride.
• Complete assembly by 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 optimizes airflow in headwinds
and especially crosswinds.
18 %(5)
Of watts saved compared to
carbon spokes used by most competitors.
40 teeth
Our high-density ratchets
provide almost instant engagement.
Specs
Wheels
| Rim height | 50 mm - Aero wide rim |
| Rim width | Internal: 23 mm / External: 30 mm |
| Construction type | Hooked carbon |
| Material | T700, T1000, 3K… Adaptive layup |
| Finish | UD Mat clearcoat |
| Decorative elements | Pad printing |
Hubs
| Material | Front and rear: aluminum |
| Hub width | Front: 100 mm and rear: 142 mm |
| Axle type | 12mm thru-axle |
| Bearings | Mavic ceramic |
| Brake interface | Center Lock |
| Compatibility | Shimano HG-R 11/12-speed |
| Freewheel system | ID360 40T |
Spokes and nuts
| Spokes | 21 Mavic Aero Carbon |
| Spoke configuration | 14 crossed in pairs + 7 radial |
| Nuts | Aluminum |
Weight
| Front weight | 600 g |
| Rear weight | 715 g |
| Pair weight | 1315 g |
Tire specifications
| Tire compatibility | Tubeless / tubeless ready / tube |
| Recommended tire width | 28 mm |
| ETRTO-compatible tires | 28 mm - 65 mm |
General
| Assembly | COMETE 50 wheels are hand-built by our experts and then tested in our lab in Chavanod, in the heart of the French Alps. |
| ASTM | Level 1 classification |
| Included accessories | 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 improvement vs the 1st best competitor.
(2) Measurement accuracy: this performance is measured using our testing equipment and wind tunnel tests with our specific rim profile, which allows for a 5W gain in crosswinds at 50 km/h with a 15° wind shear compared to the best current competitor on the market.
(3) Measurements taken in the CMEFE/HEPIA wind tunnel in Geneva at 50 km/h on wheels alone with a 28 mm tire.
(4) Based on equivalence between endurance lab bench and km in the field.
(5) Rotational drag: Compared to the carbon spoke used by the competition: 18% gain, or 1.1 W at 50 km/h.