Top-Tier Carbon wheels that are dynamically engineered for riding.
Encountered a strange instance with a brand new M635 superboost wheelset whereby 70% of the spoke holes had long fraying carbon strands. I contacted Enve to warranty replace and Enve was able to make it happen within a 2-week period.
The attention to detail with the warranty replaced wheels is top notch. Might seems strange, but not sure why the Enve stock logos are silver when a dark grey seems far more applicable? Anyway, extra spokes and tubeless valves were included which is great to see! Wish I had time on the wheels to help provide additional information.
As a side note, would someone please start advocating to stop the onslaught of new bikes with 55mm chainlines? The only groupset that actually fits the 55mm chainline is SRAM Transmission. SRAM Transmission is technically making a 55mm chainline act like a 52mm as the rear cassette sits in a different position as to not over-stretch the chain. The actual industry standard for boost wheelsets is 52mm and there was a time in 2016 when it was 49mm. In 2025, we’re dealing with a total non-sense chainline while pedaling and it’s destroying every 12-spd drivetrain on the market other than SRAM Transmission. Do we want to stretch chains and force freehub bodies to strip freehub pawls putting in hundreds of watts of energy in the granny gear? As an engineer, I would think not. It’s creating massive side-load torque angles and essentially separating the freehub body alignment. I’ve ruined 5 Bontrager Rapid Drive freehubs. Believe me, I know I don’t want to side-load a chain too hard. And yet, SRAM seems to be forcing everyone. I feel for you Enve and the burden this creates.
Additionally, I’m even finding crankset arms are potentially no longer centered with the rear wheel on certain bikes with SRAM Universal derailleurs. The Stumpjumper 14 ( non Evo ) and the GT Sensor are two examples where the riders legs aren’t even centered to the rear wheel! So, now the industry is stretching chains and mis-aligning riders bodies for SRAM. Is SRAM paying these engineers to fail?
Meanwhile, when you look at the attention to detail of why these Enve wheels are made and the dynamics associated with strength, simplicity, weight, performance, compliance… Well you’ll see Enve is ultra definitive with their products. Yet, meanwhile, SRAM is throwing all of these dynamic engineering effort(s) and milestones from the likes of Enve and other great brands and essentially making it far less efficient and far more susceptible to wear... Sorry for the secondary rant here Enve.
Something needs to be said about how to better utilize this super great wheelset! Thanks!
Date of experience: January 07, 2025
