It is a curious one, in that this new iteration of DT Swiss’ top-spec XRC 1200 carbon cross-country mountain bike wheels formally do NOT exist but. However you may already purchase a motorcycle fitted with them through Canyon’s Cape Epic Untamed version Lux WC.
And meaning we all know quite a few fascinating particulars in regards to the new wheels. Together with the truth that they’re greater than 11% lighter, but simply as vast as earlier than!
11% lighter 2025 DT Swiss XRC 1200 carbon XC MTB wheels
It has been 3.5 years since we noticed DT Swiss introduce something new to their ultralight XRC cross-country race carbon wheel household, and people had been on the extra inexpensive 1501 stage. Their symmetric 25 or 30mm carbon XRC rim form itself hadn’t modified in even longer.
Certain, DT had been forward of their time, with Nino Schurter dominating the XCO World Cup & World Championships on 30mm inner carbon XMC wheels way back to 2017, 2018 & 2019. Nevertheless it appears to be like prefer it’s time for an overhaul.
The brand new carbon DT Swiss XRC 1200 wheels appear to be getting some intense testing below the 2 Canyon-Sidi group duos on the Absa Cape Epic proper now. (Canyon offered all of those photographs, hyping their restricted version Lux XC.) However whereas we’re accustomed to seeing unbranded prototypes being examined in early season races by the professionals, these look to get actual manufacturing graphics.
The brand new wheels function a brand new X brand (don’t inform Elon) with a brand new font for an all-new simplified aesthetic.
What do we all know?
As for the unreleased wheels’ new tech particulars, there’s fairly a bit on Canyon’s web site for the Untamed version bike. And naturally, we are able to infer much more from these photographs.
First off, the title stays the identical. The highest-tier carbon cross-country race wheelset remains to be known as the DT Swiss XRC 1200 Spline.
New uneven carbon rim
Canyon’s web site says new wheels function a 20mm deep x 30mm inner hookless tubeless carbon rim. That compares to the present 25mm deep XRC that’s supplied with 25mm or 30mm inner widths, for each 27.5 or 29″ wheels.
These new XRC 1200 wheels even have saved some weight. Canyon claims they weigh simply 1311g for the pair (597g entrance, 714g rear). That’s down 11.4% or a financial savings of 169g in comparison with the identical 30mm width of the present 1480g 29er XRCs.
We haven’t obtained any technical particulars from DT Swiss, however we are able to see a brand new uneven rim profile. The spokes on this rear wheel seem to hit the middle of the nostril of the rim profile, barely offset to the disc brake aspect, with a wider nostril again in the direction of the middle on the valve. Presumably, the identical factor occurs on the entrance in the wrong way with the intention to steadiness spoke stress on each wheels.
New straight-pull Spline hubs, too
The Canyon-Sidi sneak peek additionally provides us an up-close take a look at a brand new entrance hub shell too. The driveside appears to be like like the present straight-pull Spline hub from the present DT wheels. However the disc aspect now expands again to a better flange, presumably to extend stiffness subsequent to the enter of braking forces? The hub additionally now barely tapers into the middle, vs. the cylindrical hubshell of the present XRC 1200 entrance hub.
There’s no direct point out of it, however usually the 1200-level in DT naming means a 180 hubshell. That will imply a 36T Ratchet EXP freehub and SINC ceramic bearings.
New DT Swiss XRC 1200 – Availability & pricing
Sure, these look like unreleased 29″ DT Swiss XRC 1200 wheels which you could, in reality, purchase now. They price 8000€ for the pair, with the aspect good thing about getting a free Canyon Lux WC, a full DT 232 One suspension complement, and an XTR groupset thrown in for at no extra price.
Canyon is just promoting 100 of the entire restricted version Canyon Lux World Cup CFR Untamed reproduction bikes with these wheels, although. So act quick when you can’t resist that new-new.
