I don’t post my articles all that often but I feel like this is an exception. I reviewed the wheels and groupset:
I want to just highlight a detail though. It’s always hard to know how much my thoughts really come through in a long form review. I believe SRAM just set a new standard. There will be inevitable hand wringing about the compatibility and price (both fair) but if you are only concerned with performance, this blows away everyone else. Shimano 2X is still relevant but I greatly prefer 1x for gravel and 1x13 does it all. In terms of the wheels, I’ve got them mounted with the 45 and it’s so fast I’ll probably just leave it alone for an upcoming 500k race. It’s like 80% road but the 45 is so fast that it just isn’t worth bothering to unmount/remount tires.
So what do you think? Performance only, is there an alternative you think makes more sense?