Specialized Roval Wheels Reviews

Few upgrades make a bike go from zing to zingidy zing like a good pair of aero wheels. We give the fusee wheels a trial over our usual test. Roval s clx range has grown in recent years to include rim and disc brake models in 24 32 50.

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Specialized roval wheels reviews. We give you our opinions on the roval wheels and the performance of those and our usual wheels by campagnolo. It brought a group of journalists out to santa cruz to. Not too deep though because you still want to be able to push them around on the daily driver. Roval steel quick releases roval tubeless plugs and valves front quick release 12mm endcaps rear quick release 142x12 thru axle endcaps total wheelset weight.

The new disc brake only wheels are said to be more stable too but tubeless compatibility has been left out. Specialized s roval brand is introducing two new wheelsets the rapide clx and alpinist clx that it says are wider lighter and more aerodynamically efficient than existing models. Roval hit the mark with the traverse wheels they re built to last with an excellent ride feel and reliable performance out on the trail when it comes to the intangible ride feel factor the roval clx 32 wheels are great and we re probably going to keep on riding them until roval tells us to send them back. I ve been using the specialized s s works tarmac disc because the frame is stiff enough to draw out the wheel flex but happily that wasn t the case with the carbon roval clx 50 disc wheels.

In fact the roval traverse sl fattie wheelset that was released back in 2014 deserves credit for helping to prove that it was possible to. 50mm is about as deep as i d recommend for daily use and the roval cl 50 disc wheelset is a great combination of speed and affordability if you re in the market. Roval s new clx 50 is a direct competitor to two of the most popular high end aftermarket wheelsets. Specialized aren t newcomers to the carbon wheel game.

Utilizing many of the same techniques used in the development of the sl iteration of the control 29 these wheels provide the lightweight xc performance you need at a more attainable price. Roval owned by specialized is making a push to be part of that conversation along with the likes of zipp enve mavic and many others. In part 1 we looked at the roval fusee star wheels in this review we give the fusee e5 wheels a going over and compare them to the star and a pair of campagnolo electron wheels. It s not often that affordable and carbon appear in the same sentence but our control 29 carbon wheelset was designed to change that.