ENVE

At $35, weighing ~30 grams, this Enve cage is quite a good value. Riding rough gravel routes, zero bottles have ejected. Just as important, the force needed to remove a bottle isn't excessive so they don't fight you when grabbing for a drink on the move. They don't mar the bottle, either. I ordered 4 and all weighed ~30 grams. Pretty good, compared to ~ $80 SBC S-Works cages at 26 grams (my scale).

Sure there are plenty of cheap, light, carbon cages on AZN, but every last one of them I've tried will eventually eject a 22+ oz bottle when riding over rough terrain. Not worth the initial cost savings.

Can't fault these Enve cages.

The ENVE tubeless valve stem is designed with a rectangular foot allowing it to fit securely in the valley of the rim giving a secure seal and removing any chance for the valve stem failures of the conically shaped stems. Using an ENVE stem with a new tubeless tire will allow you to easily inflate and seat the tire with a floor pump. When I first ordered these stems, they got lost in the mail somehow, and I called Bikee Tires Direct and the resent the order right away. Thank you

On the positive side these are supple, well-made tires that mounted just exactly perfectly to ENVE SES 4.5 wheels. Running tpu tubes and not tubeless the tires were only 47mm wide! They should measure at least 49 new with 25mm inner rims and then gradually relax to 50 over time. The ride was not as supple as the 48's I was running from another brand whose tires DO measure 50mm wide when run with 25mm inner rims.

I took these off and sold them barely used after one ride and am not pleased with the tires being significantly under sized. I really like the black sidewalls that I can't get with my previous tires, but looks aren't much compared to performance.

Hopefully, future runs of the tires will be different.

I have Campagnolo Bora Ultra carbon wheels on a couple of my bikes. On a hot day the valve of the front wheel pushed through to the inside of the wheel causing an instant flat. That valve had a conical kind of triangular shape which enabled the failure. The ENVE valves are, by comparison, have a long and rectangular base which fit the rim valley perfectly and, once installed, allowed me to pump up the tires with my old Silca pump as quickly as pumping up a tubed tire. This is especially important as on the road puncture management with tubeless tires can be especially difficult.