Wilier’s professional gravel-racing ambassador Ivar Slik received Girona’s Traka 200 a little bit over a month again on a Rave SLR gravel bike and an all-new set of Miche Graff Route aero carbon gravel wheels – and prototype Schwalbe G-One RS semi-slicks! Designed to mix the aerodynamic efficiency of Miche’s highway wheels with a wider hookless tubeless carbon rim that may deal with off-road abuse, the brand new Graff Route wheels are extra versatile than Miche’s unique carbon gravel providing. And now they’re additionally out there for any gravel riders on the lookout for an edge…
Miche Graff Route aero carbon gravel wheels
all bike images c. Wilier
After profitable Traka 200, Ivar Slik is headed to the US for an early summer season of gravel racing as much as June 4th’s iconic Unbound Gravel. And since lots of the American gravel scene tends to be much less technical however a lot sooner than Euro gravel racing, the brand new aero Miche Graff Route wheels lay the groundwork for Slik’s extra road-oriented gravel race setup.
The Dutch professional bicycle owner does come to gravel from a professional continental highway race background, with a little bit of XC and a European Seaside racing championship thrown in for good measure. So, the road-like construct appears becoming.
Aero Gravel Wheels – Tech particulars & Pricing
Past the brand new Wilier Rave SLR gravel bike that debuted final fall and the tease of the as-yet-unleased Schwalbe G-One RS tires, the latest a part of Slik’s construct are these mid-depth aero Graff Route carbon wheels.
The brand new Miche Graff Route incorporates a new 36mm deep HM700 aero carbon rim with 24mm inner hookless tubeless profile – for 35-55mm tires.
The centerlock disc brake wheels are constructed up with 24 aero-bladed, double-butted straight-pull spokes (entrance & rear) laced to new CNC-machined 7075 alloy hubs.
The 12mm thru-axle hubs spin on “Extremely Clean” metal sealed cartridge bearings with exterior preload adjustment.
The entire made-in-Italy aero carbon gravel wheelset has a claimed weight of 1565g (+an additional 20g for the tubeless equipment with tape & valves.)
The Miche Graff Route aero carbon gravel wheels promote for 1650€ along with your alternative of Shimano, SRAM XD-R, or Campagnolo N3W freehubs, and embody tubeless tape, valves & wheel baggage.
Ivar Slik’s Wilier Rave SLR gravel race bike construct
The big Wilier Rave SLR bike Ivar Slik raced for Traka was fairly near Wilier’s inventory 8400€ GRX Di2 construct, however swapped in a highway compact Shimano Ultegra 50/34 crankset for greater gearing for fast-paced racing – with the identical vast 11-34T cassette. As an alternative of the older, lighter, however much less aero Miche wheels, Slik rides the brand new Miche Graff Route arrange tubeless with Schwalbe’s unreleased prototype G-One RS gravel tires.
Heading into faster-paced US racing, Slik labored with the Wilier Innovation Lab to develop a customized aerobar extension setup on high of the 44cm vast one-piece Wilier Filante Bar carbon cockpit. Customized machined alloy clamps match a set of Profile Design aerobar armrests and unreleased double ergonomic ski-bend carbon extensions on high.
The extra aero cockpit setup helped Slik to a 2nd place end at Texas’ Gravel Locos occasion final weekend.
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