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10 of the best deep aero wheels lab tested

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Which wheels are best for speed, stability, braking and handling? This article was first published on 220 Triathlon.com. Deep-section aero wheels offer some of the biggest speed gains you can find, along with your helmet and clothing. The difference between basic training wheels and the best of this group can be as much as four minutes in a 40km bike leg. In short, aero wheels are essential as soon as you switch from completing to competing. Super-deep  wheels, such as the 70mm-plus hoops here, are specialist tools for racing on flat and rolling courses. While they’re much faster than standard wheels, they...

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First Look: Enve SES 4.5 AR Disc Wheels

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Enve's latest wheel, the SES 4.5 AR Disc, is aerodynamically optimized, the company claims, for 28- to 30c road tires. This wheel is designed for the increased clearance of disc-brake road bikes, and seeks to capitalize on the growing interest in wider road tires. According to Enve’s press release, the 4.5 AR (All-Road) Disc was born out of a 2015 wheel test with Enve-sponsored Team MTN-Qhubeka (now Team Dimension Data) on some of Paris-Roubaix’s famed cobblestone sectors. Paris-Roubaix covers over 250 kilometers total; only about 50km is cobblestoned. But those kilometers often play an outsized role in who wins and loses, which is why equipment is...

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Debunking Wheel Stiffness

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Are your wheels stiff enough? Do your manly legs pump out so many kilowatts that you flex them like soggy noodles? Stiffness is like training volume, right? More is always better? I’d like to start this discussion with a very simple question: What IS wheel stiffness? Do you know? If anyone out there can accurately describe it in one paragraph or less, you get a gold star. I don’t even think I could do it, which is why we’re dedicating an entire article to it.  The biggest problem with the wheel stiffness discussion is that the term is thrown around far too much...

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ALL ABOUT ROAD HUBS

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In the universe of bicycles, hubs are the sun and everything revolves around them – literally.  The best rims in the world are worthless unless they are built around a great hub. If the hub ceases to function properly, your ride comes to a halt. For this reason, ENVE only specs Chris King, DT Swiss, and now the ENVE Carbon Road Hub. So, what is it that makes these hubs great? Let’s lay it all out there… First, these hubs reduce the tradeoffs between reliability, strength, weight, stiffness, and efficiency better than any other hubs we’ve tested. RELIABILITY The best...

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