I've done a few thousand miles on these wheels over the past few months, including lots of climbing and descending in the Alps, in Mallorca, and here in the SF Bay Area. A few thoughts:

  • Durability. A bit scary to fly with one-piece carbon wheels the first time, but they've now done 8 flight segments in a tiny Post Carry Co. bike bag without any issues. These spokes are very fat, and my sense is that any incident that would break one of these spokes would similarly crumple a traditionally-built wheel.
  • Ride Quality. The most surprising thing has been how comfortable these wheels are. The 16 spoke leaf spring design tangibly smooths out the ride, avoiding the too stiff issues that some early carbon spoked wheels had.
  • Stiffness. My 30s power is a tad over 10 w/kg, so I'm the wrong person to ask about pure stiffness. For my purposes, it's more than sharp enough on steep pitches to feel satisfying in real life + doesn't feel like I'm giving anything up relative to 24x CX Rays.
  • Handling. Given some of the reviews, I was hoping they'd be a noticeable improvement with crosswinds. They're good overall, but still a bit less stable than something like the 353 NSWs.
  • Maintenance. Hub internals are standard DT Swiss 240 EXP and are just as easy as any other EXP hub to service (~5 minute job to clean and grease). I'm running 29mm Aero 111s on the front and a 32mm GP5000 on the rear, which mates well with the 25mm IW and 32mm EW of the rims. Both tires were easy to get on and seated, but it needs sealant to hold air overnight.
  • Weight. 1162g for the set, no rim tape required. There are lighter wheels out there, but this checked the right boxes for me (particularly the vanity one).

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