ENVE

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

On the positive side these are supple, well-made tires that mounted just exactly perfectly to ENVE SES 4.5 wheels. Running tpu tubes and not tubeless the tires were only 47mm wide! They should measure at least 49 new with 25mm inner rims and then gradually relax to 50 over time. The ride was not as supple as the 48's I was running from another brand whose tires DO measure 50mm wide when run with 25mm inner rims.

I took these off and sold them barely used after one ride and am not pleased with the tires being significantly under sized. I really like the black sidewalls that I can't get with my previous tires, but looks aren't much compared to performance.

Hopefully, future runs of the tires will be different.