Very smooth ride. Quick tires.
Mostly city riding with some gravel patches thrown in. I think the reviews I found were correct about the sizing: 40c is slightly over what they actually are. Closer to 38, which is exactly what I wanted. Sturdy so far for the first ride, I did 27 miles today rolling over broken glass and whatever else you can find on the streets of Detroit, and they took it like a champ. Would buy again for the price and quality.
Very smooth ride. Quick tires.
Mostly city riding with some gravel patches thrown in. I think the reviews I found were correct about the sizing: 40c is slightly over what they actually are. Closer to 38, which is exactly what I wanted. Sturdy so far for the first ride, I did 27 miles today rolling over broken glass and whatever else you can find on the streets of Detroit, and they took it like a champ. Would buy again for the price and quality.
The thing is, enve consistently produces quality products, so I expected these to be quite good and honestly they really are. Hookless has been nothing but reliable to me for years now and in my opinion I think most people who have had hookless issues are not the problem with the wheels but user error, either pumping too much air, using incompatible tires, using too narrow of tires.
As far as cross wind stability, they are pretty good. Expect to feel them on windy days, though for this depth that is fairly normal of a problem to deal with. They spin up pretty well on most climbs, only really starts to get difficult around 8% gradient and beyond. They are not the lightest wheelset but not the heaviest either. I think in this day and age many brands are going carbon spokes, so I think in this day and age mid 2025 it is lacking weight wise compared to the likes of vision, specialized and some other brands when it comes to weight for 50-60mm deep wheels but i have to imagine enve has a carbon spoke version in development.
The build quality is exceptional. Enve products always are built really well and consistently well however enve wheels compared to other brands have always felt much nicer to the touch. I don't know if its the physical build of the carbon, I don't know if it is the paint finish they use but whatever it is, when you hold these in your hands they feel incredibly well built. I recommend the ses line, regardless of which wheel depth you choose. I own the 4.5 and the 2.3 and both are built incredibly well and would happy recommend any of them.
I have trained on these for years. Used them For the bulk of my training when I raced national Masters level competition. I have tried other tires for four season southwest US training. I still don't think there's a better tire. They're probably other equals I am not aware of.
. They lack a little bit of the subtleness that some tires have. But, that is a trade-off for life of tread, and puncture resistance on various forms of tarmac.
