As above, would these wheels be suitable for 'all road' and trails and gravel? I would be riding them on all sorts of stuff, roads, rough forest trails, rocky quarries so they would probably take a reasonable beating and need to be strong (700c size). I like the deeper dish appearance and do a lot of road riding too so the aero is 'needed' (or wanted should I say) hence looking at the 45's rather than the AG23'e etc. Would they do the trick or be too fragile?
I have some DT Swiss GRC 1400 wheels currently (long story) and i'm very happy with them in terms of their performance. However when cleaning my bike I had a problem with the front one in that it looked cracked so sent it to DT swiss (madison) for inspection. Turns out it's not a crack but just how its layed up, however rear is 100% perfect in finish with zero 'casting marks' whatsoever. DT swiss have been good and are sorting the front one but I bought another front in the meantime (last one I could find anywhere) and the finish on this one whilst perfect is like a matt grey rather than glossy black with a slightly 'glittery' finish like the rear. Quite tedious! Depor village have a pair left but worried they'll be different from each other given the experience i've had to date, although in theory they should be the same. This is why I was considering the ENVE's.
ENVE Foundation 45 wheels for gravel?
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The bummer about using Enve wheels is that you have to use all the other Enve components AND buy an expensive Titanium frame with a $1000.00 paint job and matching Chris King parts, at least thats what I assume after scrolling through instagram. Oh and the bike must be professionally photographed. Having a laugh.