Geek Warning: Hookless rim designs are coming after your aluminum wheels now, too

Spin Cycle · Oct 5, 2023 · 1h 9m

There has been a slew of wheel introductions recently, with some of the most interesting ones being from Zipp (lightweight carbon XC!), DT Swiss (“Aero for All”!), and Mavic (hookless aluminum gravel!). Wait, what? Yep, Mavic is now so progressive that its new aluminum gravel wheels feature a hookless profile, and we have some thoughts on the idea.

Timestamps:

1:37 – A close at DT Swiss’s new “Aero for All” aluminum wheels

8:27 – This most definitely is not the Mavic of yesteryear

15:04 – Zipp enters the XC wheel market (and their carbon road wheels have quietly gotten heavier)

25:56 –…