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The spokes have no visible nipples Knight Composites. We've had an early test ride on the 35 and came away impressed. The Knight 65 carbon clinchers Knight Composites. Why not just leave a set of rotors on each wheelset? It's very stiff under power yet also light, so it's really responsive. We would be happy to use these wheels in pretty much any conditions and on any course in the world.
Anyway, Knight also make a 65mm and a 35mm deep wheel set, to pretty much tackle any conditions and suit any style of rider. Once we stopped talking about how deep these wheels were we checked over the rest of the details. Our test set came with DT Swiss hubs, pretty much your industry gold standard.
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Many professional athletes use and swear by these hubs. Connecting the hoops to the hubs are Sapim CX- Ray spokes, which again are a tried and true industry standard, and Pillar nipples.
Like most new wheels on the market these are very wide, The finish on these wheels is also pretty eye catching. The actual clincher claws around the rim look strong and well finished without any sharp edges to rub on the tires. I know we are being picky but we do value looks as well as function. Other high end wheels such as Enve, Zipp and Hed are easily recognized for their distinct logo and the decals look modern, sleek and fast, where these just look a bit… dated.
The next stage was to fit some tires, tubes and a cassette and get them onto a bike. You will need to use a valve extender on your tubes as the deepest valve we could get our hands on was 80mm. Once pumped up the tires bed in easily and never look like coming off. On with a cassette and we were ready to roll. So the all-important question, how do they ride?
Well we like to ride the wheels we test before reading about them. So we can try not to be too influenced by the marketing jingo. Luckily for us, Melbourne has also thrown up some great weather conditions to test these babies out, sometimes multiple conditions in a few short hours. To add to that we put them on both our TT bikes, our road bikes and the Ventum One triathlon bike we have been testing. I will say straight up our opinion is purely that.
But through years of riding and racing we can put forward an opinion on the comfort, acceleration and handling of a set of wheels. The first and probably best thing we can say is these wheels feel fast. They just get up to speed quickly and feel very stiff which gives you the impression the power you are putting through the pedals is going directly into moving these wheels forward.
Next up was the handling, and this is where we expected the Knights to suffer a little. As we said before, we took these wheels out in all conditions and on multiple bikes, and we can honestly say they handle as well as if not better than most wheels half their depth. It seems crazy but not once did either of us feel on edge riding these wheels in cross, head or tail winds. Through corners or in and out of protected areas the wheels just tracked beautifully. This was a real surprise. Having ridden many other brands, most wheels over 80mm deep get pushed around a bit to some extent, but these held true.
We would be happy to use these wheels in pretty much any conditions and on any course in the world. Having said that being 80 odd kgs does mean we have a bit more weight to help hold these wheels in place.