Wheels

Bought these wheels to build my Spot Ryve XC bike. Wheels are a nice combination of price and weight, although they did come in at 40 grams over the published weight. The wheels look good and are relatively stiff. One minor issue is the rear hub centerlock spline was slightly oversize, causing me to have to file a little on the disc rotor splines. Talked thru this issue with Western Bike Works and they were very helpful with options to address this.

They call this 36mm size a climbing wheel, but with big Midwest crosswinds here, these wheels are the perfect choice for all around riding too. Light and fast on the transitions and rock solid. I ride 130 to 170 miles a week, and these wheels have livened up my solo workouts and group rides. I also use them on gravel running 32mm Continental 5000 TR tires at 50psi. These wheels are the perfect blend of size, quality and appearance (the subtle graphics really pop with transparent tires). I expect to be riding these wheels for many years.

I searched high and low for a forward-compatible front hub, something that would fit MTB boost (15x110) and the currently much more rare Road boost (12x110). It can be done with a DT Swiss hub, but... it's tricky, involving Euro suppliers, etc. Much easier was to support the I9 guys in North Carolina and buy one of their 110 MTB boost front hubs. Then I ordered these 110 'road' end caps... and they fit perfectly. So now, I can use my new front wheel for XC races on my boost MTB fork, or for gravel tours on my MRP road boost gravel fork. Sweet! And of course WBW did a fine job shipping these things to me in a timely way.

Ok, so this may be premature, as I've only ridden these once, but I'm a believer. I bought these 3 months ago and it took me quite a while in this pandemic to source the correct cassette and rotors.

I went out with some friends today and they all thought i had a new bike. I set these up on my 2020 rounds with some tan sidewall Enve ses tires. The bike is ridiculously faster. Switching over from the stock dt Swiss (which are great for stock) wheels, it's night and day. For the price, your can't get a better wheel. Love the feel, love the look, love the sound.