B(ike)log — ENVE Composites

The Smart ENVE System (SES) 7.8 is the latest addition to ENVE’s next generation SES aero wheel lineup.  The SES 7.8 features a new shape that provides more speed, stability, better response and refined handling when compared to previous SES wheel models. Additionally, the SES 7.8 incorporates ENVE’s latest textured brake track and road tubeless compatibility. Like previous SES wheel models the geometry of the SES 7.8 rims is asymmetric from front to back. The front wheel is 71mm deep and 29mm wide while the back wheel is 80mm deep and 27.5mm wide. ENVE’s emphasis on in-frame aero development argues that developing wheels in isolation from the frame...

Link to Original Article: VeloNews.Competitor.com by Gregor Brown Mark Cavendish said he's "super excited" to join his new team, which will be known as Team Dimension Data. Photo: Tim De Waele | TDWsport.com MILAN (VN) — Deloitte Consulting will sponsor South Africa’s MTN-Qhubeka in 2016, when the team will race as Dimension Data, and will pave the way for Mark Cavendish’s arrival. MTN announced Tuesday morning Cavendish will join the team. He will come with long-time helpers Mark Renshaw, also from Etixx-Quick-Step, and Bernhard Eisel, from Sky. “I’m super excited about becoming a part of the team for 2016,” Cavendish said in a press...

Link to Original Article: BBC.com  British cyclist Mark Cavendish has joined MTN-Qhubeka after three years racing for Etixx-Quick-Step (EQS). The 2011 world road champion, 30, has joined the South African team, who will be known as Team Dimension Data from next year. A 26-time Tour de France stage winner, Cavendish brings Australian Mark Renshaw, 32, with him from EQS. Austrian former HTC-Highroad and Team Sky team-mate Bernie Eisel, 34, also joins. "It's fair to say that most of the peloton has seen how incredible the team raced this year," said Cavendish, who added the riding for a "greater cause in the...

Link to Original Article: Bicycling.com by Matt Phillips New carbon hubs and a new 25mm-deep tubeless ready carbon rim make for a sleek, light, and very expensive wheelset ENVE molds their one-piece hub shells in Ogden, Utah. The driver is from DT-Swiss and the bearings come from Ceramic Speed. If you’ve looked at your road bike recently and thought, “I need more carbon, I want tubeless, and I like to buy US-made stuff,” you should start wearing a tin-foil hat, because ENVE read your mind. The company has a new hubset and rim that tick all your boxes. The hubs have a...

Link to Original Article: enve.com  With the whole “wide wheel” craze seemingly erupting all around us in the media and the popular forums, we asked our engineers, from a scientific perspective: Is wider always better? Let’s knock out a couple of myths about wide wheels.   MYTH #1 – RUNNING A WIDER RIM INCREASES EFFECTIVE TREAD. Maxxis High Roller II Geometry   As you can see – rim width does very little to affect tread width, assuming you are running an appropriately sized rim for your tire.  With the Maxxis High Roller II, a 2.3″ tire, there are infinitesimally small tread width gains...