These ENVE SES 4.5 Professional wheels are what you get when Tadej Pogačar tells Enve that he desires to race aero wheels even on the climbing levels of the Grand Excursions. The SES 4.5 was already fashionable as a flexible all-rounder, from one-day races to the cobbled Spring Classics, to rolling days in longer stage races. However Enve knew they may construct they simply as quick however even lighter for correct climbing days, too.
Begin with confirmed SES 4.5 aerodynamics, simply tweak a barely slimmer rim, a lighter carbon layup, a lighter hubset, and a few flashy silver hub & spoke finishes for the total professional really feel…
New ultralight ENVE SES 4.5 Professional aero carbon climbing wheels
In actual fact, Pogačar and his UAE Crew have already been racing and racking up wins on the brand new SES 4.5 Professional wheels over the previous two seasons. Enve says they’ve already “amassed 25+ victories this season” alone.
We’ve even had them grace the pages of Bikerumor simply over a month again with our Giro climbing bikes round-up. We simply didn’t comprehend it on the time. You could possibly decide them out should you seemed carefully although, for instance, on common classification chief Isaac Del Toro and his teammates’ wheels. All of them had commonplace SES 4.5 graphics and all-black parts. However their distinct machined hubs have been a giveaway to these in-the-know… which now contains us.
So what’s new?
- incrementally decrease rim top: -1mm, now 49mm deep on the entrance & 55mm deep out again
- barely narrower total rim width: -1.5mm, now 23.5mm inner
- now ETRTO appropriate with 28mm tires!
- new mini-hook design retains a large bead for pinch-flat and influence safety, however…
- retains the identical tubeless-ready dimension & low rolling-resistance
- nonetheless measures 24.5mm broad inside the place the tire bead sits
- higher-grade hi-mod carbon lowered wall thicknesses (and weight) all through
- 50g lighter per rim
- all-new light-weight however stiff alloy InnerDrive Professional hubset with ceramic bearings
Tech particulars
- CNC-machined straight-pull, centerlock InnerDrive Professional hubset
- 40T ratchet engagement with light-action, low drag ratchet spring
- 281g whole hubset weight: 194g rear, 87g entrance (claimed)
- Enve Professional hybrid ceramic bearings, with stainless-steel races, grade 5 ceramic balls, non-contact inside seals & low-contact outer seals
- locking alloy nipples
- new bead is technically hookless, so solely appropriate with tubeless tires
- US-made carbon rim, hubs & full handmade wheel construct
- 1295g full wheelset weight (claimed), however together with tubeless valves & tape!
ENVE SES 4.5 PRO – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new Enve SES 4.5 Professional wheels can be found now, albeit for a premium worth over the usual SES wheels. And they’re solely in restricted numbers in the intervening time, principally due to the excessive demand from Enve’s professional groups who’ve been begging for extra wheelsets as quickly as they’re constructed up.
The brand new SES 4.5 Professional wheels promote for $3750 / 4500€, made in Ogden, UT, USA. The brand new Professional wheels all come constructed up with silver hubs, spokes & nipples, however you possibly can decide from shiny silver water switch logos or the all-white vinyl emblem decals of the professional riders.
