Quicker acceleration, effortless climbing and more controlled descending.
SRAM engineers and designers focused on key elements that affect the performance of a wheelset - weight, inertia, engagement, lateral stiffness, frontal stiffnes and efficiency. Finding that perfect balance of weight and durability is one concept that SRAM also focused on. There is a big emphasis on the "snappy" acceleration and nimbleness of these wheels. Engagement is nearly instantaneous and they spin up to speed well, partly due to the smooth hubs and the straight pull laced Sapim spokes. Technical step-up sections are now ridden with ease with help of the 3 toothed pawls which produces almost zero play in the rear free hub.
The rim is asymetric allowing higher spoke tensions on the drive side and disc side, a shorter spoke length also reduces weight and increases lateral stiffness. Subtle graphics and a matte finish over UD carbon look stealth.
Big tire love. The RISE 60 wheels have been built for trail riders. A 26mm deep and a 21mm inner diameter allows for solid foundation for wide (> 2.2 tires), SRAM admits that the rims are not the lightest but they have been built for overall strength, responsivness and rigidity in all conditions. The rims are not tubeless compatible with the obvious spoke drill holes but SRAM has mentioned that they will be introducing a tubeless specific strip in the near future. Because of the deeper profile of the rim, there is not much valve showing with a standard 42mm valve stem and we recommend a valve extension especially if you are doing a lot of trail side fixes with a hand pump.
Two main supporting bearings in the rear hub and three under the main freehub - these hubs have been designed to last. Each pawl has three grooves essentially tripling the engagement points over a traditional ratchet and pawl design with three of these pawls in the rear freehub this is a massive 9x more engagement points than your traditional type hub freehubs. Many manufacturers claim big tooth counts in the rear hub but usually at the expense of reducing the size of each tooth, SRAM's design allows a full size tooth with 3 times as many engagments points per pawl. In technical terrain this is a god send, every bit of pedal movement gets fed back into the rear wheel creating a precise and snappy rear end. Traditional flat leaf springs allow the teeth to freewheel with very limited drag aiding to the overall smooth spinning of the rear hub. The Rise 60 hubs have been heavily machined utilising a straight pull design which allows higher spoke tension for a far stiffer wheel. Ends caps are convertible allowing 9mm and 15mm on the front along with 9mm and 15mm in the rear end. Massive 31mm end caps on the front claim to increase lateral stiffness by 15%.
A great all-round wheelset with a strong emphasis on ride quality and durability, convertible end-caps also make this a great option if you are planning on upgrading some old equipment in the future. The RISE 60 is light enough for cross country but definitely up to heavy hitting trail riding.