Hey everyone welcome to the channel!
Every year I like to try new things and a few weeks back you've seen me talking about these tire inserts for cross country,
pretty excited to try those,
there's new tires that I'm interested in trying in the next few weeks
but ultimately it comes down to a good set of wheels to have that awesome ride.
Today I have a new set of carbons from Elitewheels, let's check them out!
Elitewheels have been around since 2013 and they seem to pay attention to the little details.
You have this branded box,
They've manufactured wheels for road for a long time but they're pretty new to mountain biking.
Today they have 27.5 and 29er options
and at the back of these little accessories bag you're gonna see the warranty card.
They do have a global presence and free shipping,
and you see that 1000 days warranty or 3 years as specified here at the top.
And yes, I have to start with the rims because these look spectacular!
I don't know if you've ever seen something like this, this is called the marble finish,
they have regular finishes that you would expect whether they're glossy or matte
but these rims are actually built to be pretty sturdy.
You're looking at either 27 mm or 30 mm ID.
24 mm depth to give you good compliance, vertical compliance
and these are the Elite black decals, they're pretty stealth, they have 4 colors to choose from though.
These are hookless rims and in this 30 mm ID variant they are actually at 440 grams which is not the lightest
but that should give you a pretty sturdy wheel.
You can see the exact model here 29ER36, that's the external dimension of the rim.
They would usually ship the wheelset already taped but I asked them to send me the tape separately
you see the 33 mm recommended for these rims.
And I did that because I wanted to see how they are built
and I have to tell you that if you were to look at that spoken and nipple interface these are built perfectly
I wouldn't have built them better myself!
This RIM is also asymmetrical and that allows them to use only two spoke lengths for both front and rear wheel
300 and 302 millimeter long.
As for that little SAPIM sticker, it refers to both Sapim Polyax aluminum nipples
and the Sapim spokes that these wheels are built with.
These are the expensive CX-Ray, the beauty of these is that they are sturdy and light.
Wheel is built with 28 spokes and as you're coming up here you're gonna see one of the 3 options for their hubs.
What they call the PRO hub is the in-house brand and this provides you the most affordable price for the wheelset.
Hubs are built with high quality TPI bearings or so I'm told,
and you have an option for Hyperglide, Micro Spline or the SRAM XD driver.
These hubs are also built to be light, Front at 135-ish grams, Rear 214-215 grams
so together 350 grams for the set of hubs which is really competitive.
The design seems to be inspired by the DT Swiss hubs,
they do have these notches here on the end caps like the new DT 240s have
and believe it or not these are running a ratchet system!
So you can just remove the freehub with your bare hand and inside it's something that looks similar to the DT Swiss.
It's not identical but for me it's very important that I can change the freehubs easily.
You know me, I'm a curious guy, so if I just try to use a DT Swiss freehub, guess what?
It will slide right in, I don't know if the dimension is the same
and the other thing that's different is here, the interface between the freehub and the actual hub body
but according to elite their free hubs are fully interchangeable with the original DT Swiss freehubs.
And the hub comes standard with 36 teeth for 10 degrees of engagement.
As for the grease to use here on the ratchet they don't recommend anything specific
but you can use something like this PRO X Freehub Grease from Dumonde Tech
or I'm thinking even the DT Swiss grease would be a good option.
As for the sound of this PRO ratchet hub, again, 10 degrees of engagement
and as you can hear, this is very very similar to a DT Swiss 240 or 350
that come by default with 36 tooth ratchet these days.
They offer Boost, non-Boost and interestingly even a QR option
and you see that QR end cap here for the rear hub.
The freehubs - again, are a bit different from DT Swiss and by the way
DT Swiss hubs are the other options that they provide< both the 350 and 240
you would pay for that accordingly though, definitely more expensive than using their PRO hub.
And talk about price, for you guys watching this video Elitewheels is providing a discount
head into to the video description to take advantage of that!
But who wants to know the weight of this wheelset?
With the Micro Spline, the rear wheel comes up to 795 grams which is very good.
The front comes up to 712 grams
and overall the wheel set comes up to 1505 grams, a really good, respectable weight.
Again this is with the PRO hubs, if you use the DT 350 or 240 the weight will vary a tiny bit.
So if you guys are interested in a new set of wheels in 2022 I think these are a great option.
They're hand built, they give you the 27 mm ID, this is the 30 mm, again,
they look beautiful, they seem to be built really nice, great attention to detail,
you have the discount code in the description
and with these PRO hubs the price is really competitive as well.
In my case I plan to use them with these undisclosed tires for now,
most probably on my Yeti ARC hardtail.
So once again, what do you guys think? Interested in a new set of wheels?
Let me know in the comments below,
let me know if you're running carbon or aluminum wheels, I would love to hear
and until next time hope to see you folks on the trails
why not riding on a sweet wheelset from Elitewheels!
Cheers guys, cheers!