Best Cycling Wheels of the Year 2020/21

Best Cycling Wheels of the Year 2020/21



All of the wheelsets here scored at least an 8 out of 10 overall when we reviewed them, most scored a 9, and one wheelset even scored a 10, so you’re looking at a list of brilliant wheelsets that we’d highly recommend.To get more news about road bicycle rims, you can visit zpebicycle.com official website.

The prices quoted are as those of the various wheelsets at the time of our reviews, whether or not they have increased since. If you're interested in buying any particular set of wheels, click on the relevant heading.The Strade is the first wheelset from Parcours that has been designed fully in-house, and it's a very impressive one. The wheels handle well in all conditions and they're bang on trend by being disc brake only, tubeless-ready and optimised for 28mm tyres. For their sub-£1,000 price tag, we couldn't really have asked for much more from them over the test period.

While many carbon wheels you'll find for under a grand will use a rim profile that is widely available for any company to use and badge up as their own (known as open mould), the Strade was the result of a year-long research and development project in partnership with Nottingham Trent University, involving CFD analysis and extensive wind tunnel testing.

Out on the road, the stability was evident straight away and we were really impressed with their performance in crosswinds. We had a particularly blustery spring and summer last year, but we felt completely confident running the Strade wheels no matter what the weather was doing, not once sensing that handling was compromised.

They're also impressively stiff with little to no flex evident on our bumpy regular training routes, even out of the saddle. The 28mm tyres that blow up to around 30mm on the wide rims will help greatly of course, but the wheels offer plenty of comfort to take the edge off dodgy road surfaces too.The Scribe Race-D wheelset proves that aluminium still has its place in cycling components. Weighing in at just 1,479g, it could easily be mistaken for a much more expensive wheelset. The wheels feature a 'modern' 19mm internal width and are tubeless-ready out the box, which also includes tubeless valves, spare spokes and all the adaptors you could ever need. Overall, it's a very impressive package from Scribe and a great set of wheels for upgrading heavy stock wheels or for year-round training.

Scribe has managed to create a seriously competitive package that provides all the durability, robustness, lightness and speed that most riders could ever wish for. This shouldn't be too surprising – the 365 Disc wheelset that we tested back in January also impressed, and now with an improved ratchet rear hub and bite guard in a slightly lighter guise, the Race-D wheelset is even better!