ENVE

Super happy I was able to purchase the Fray in the Legacy color "Venom". I was bummed at first that Enve no longer continued with this color but I was elated to find that BTD had in stock a few of the prior colors in stock. I ended up buying the Sram Force XPLR groupset along with some Reserve wheels from you for this build as well. Everything has arrived quickly and in good shape with no issues what so ever. There hasn't been much I haven't been able to source thru your website...which is by the way one of the best cycling related websites I've used.

The most surprising thing about these are the unexpected stability in crosswinds. I also own the SES 4.5 and I get blown around at least as much if not more than with the 6.7.

I love the 23 inner rim width. It seemed the sweet spot to me, so when the SES 4.5 PRO came out with 23.5 inner rim width, I was not surprised one bit and felt somewhat validated by my own observations.

The only drawback is I think these will be dated relatively soon due to the outer rim width. They are going to start making wider outer rims for aerodynamic efficiency of the wider tires not being used. These are optimized for 28's. Perhaps they will release several new wheelsets simultaneously designed specifically for 30's, 32's, etc...

I've put over 5000 miles on these and haven't had a single issue. Deep wheels don't make much difference until you get to 22 MPH so these also goad me into intense rides to get the speed up to justify the aerodynamic gains.

Front weighs 680, rear 810 with tape but no valves.

At $35, weighing ~30 grams, this Enve cage is quite a good value. Riding rough gravel routes, zero bottles have ejected. Just as important, the force needed to remove a bottle isn't excessive so they don't fight you when grabbing for a drink on the move. They don't mar the bottle, either. I ordered 4 and all weighed ~30 grams. Pretty good, compared to ~ $80 SBC S-Works cages at 26 grams (my scale).

Sure there are plenty of cheap, light, carbon cages on AZN, but every last one of them I've tried will eventually eject a 22+ oz bottle when riding over rough terrain. Not worth the initial cost savings.

Can't fault these Enve cages.

The ENVE tubeless valve stem is designed with a rectangular foot allowing it to fit securely in the valley of the rim giving a secure seal and removing any chance for the valve stem failures of the conically shaped stems. Using an ENVE stem with a new tubeless tire will allow you to easily inflate and seat the tire with a floor pump. When I first ordered these stems, they got lost in the mail somehow, and I called Bikee Tires Direct and the resent the order right away. Thank you