On its fifth technology, ENVE’s latest M Collection wheel line goes huge on efficiency and low(er) on worth ($250 decrease!). The brand new ENVE M Collection ushers in a simplified naming construction, holding the specificity for every wheel, however dropping difficult numbers. The brand new wheel line follows a four-year growth venture with the world’s high athletes. The road covers the mountain bike spectrum, starting from cross-country to enduro, e-bike, and gravity.
What’s it? ENVE M Collection Wheels
The revamped ENVE M Collection outcomes from years of analysis and work with ENVE athletes. The design crew targeted on discovering elegant options to attenuate flats and get essentially the most out of every wheel. Whether or not you trip cross-country or downhill, there’s something to drool over within the new ENVE lineup.
The up to date M Collection rims characteristic distinctive entrance and rear rim shapes and new carbon layups. As for the hubs, the brand new M Collection rolls on ENVE’s personal INNERDRIVE mountain hubs. The brand new hub boasts customizable engagement (by way of engagement rings) and extra.
ENVE M Collection Wheel Lineup
It seems that when you trip a flat-bar bike (or drop-bar MTB), there’s an ENVE M Collection wheel possibility for you. The vary escalates within the gnarly-ness of the terrain by going up in quantity: M5 denotes cross nation and the lightest of the bunch, and M9 is for Enduro/Gravity Race/E-MTB.
ENVE M Collection Wheel Line:
M5 Professional: XC Race
- Entrance and Rear Particular Rim Designs
- Entrance is wider and extra compliant maximizing assist, consolation, and monitoring
- Rear is optimized for energy switch and toughness
- Locking Alloy Exterior Spoke Nipples
- Trip-test validated and athlete developed
- A New benchmark of pace, sturdiness, and trip high quality
- ASTM 3 Classification
- Sizes: 29″ solely
- Value: USD $2300
- Weight: 1325g
M6: Path/E-MTB Gentle
- Entrance and Rear Particular Rim Designs
- Entrance is wider and extra compliant maximizing assist, consolation, and monitoring
- Rear is optimized for energy switch and toughness
- Light-weight, Sturdy, and Snug
- Locking Exterior Spoke Nipples
- Advisable for E-MTB with as much as 75nm of torque
- ASTM 4 Classification
- Sizes: 29″ F, 29″ or 27.5″ R
- Value: USD $2300
- Weight: 1589g (29″) 1544g (29/27.5″)
M8: Enduro/Gravity Race/E-MTB
- Entrance and Rear Particular Rim Designs
- Entrance is wider and extra compliant maximizing assist,
- consolation, and monitoring
- Rear is optimized for energy switch and toughness
- “No Misplaced Run” – DH Sturdiness with out the burden compromise
- Advisable for all E-MTB
- ASTM 5 Classification
- Sizes: 29″ F, 29″ or 27.5″ R
- Value: USD $2300
- Weight: 1983g (29″) 1961g (29/27.5″)
M9 Professional: Enduro/Gravity Race/E-MTB
- Validated and Developed with World Cup Athletes
- Protecting Rim Strip – Patented expertise offers
- Unprecedented pinch-flat and race run insurance coverage
- “No Misplaced Run” within the 2023 & 2024 DH Season throughout coaching, qualifying, or racing.
- ASTM 5 Classification
- Advisable for all E-MTB
- Sizes: 29″ F, 29″ or 27.5″ R
- Value: USD $2300
- Weight: 2236g (29″) 2186g (29/27.5″)
“With every new technology of the M Collection, we set goals to enhance efficiency over the earlier technology. This new M Collection focuses on trip high quality with out sacrificing reliability and toughness. Each element has been explored to make sure this newest technology M Collection is the most effective driving wheel on the path or between the tape.”
Jake Pantone, VP of Product
Why a New Rim Form?
ENVE sums it up in three phrases: compliance, sturdiness, and flat-resistance (OK, 4 phrases).
The up to date rim form comes straight from athlete enter. The in-house design put in time with riders just like the downhill World Cup crew Commencal/Muc-Off by Using Habit, champions Amaury Pierron, and Myriam Nicole.
Did the athlete enter repay? Effectively, with the rim’s new shapes, layups, and ENVE’s patented Protecting Rim Strip, 19 World Cup downhill wins have been tallied in the course of the growth venture. So…sure.
How does this up to date rim form end in fewer flats and higher tire efficiency?
Extensive Hookless Bead
- Launched in 2016 on ENVE’s “Plus” sized M60/40 Plus
- Blunt main rim edge dissipates affect forces throughout a broader floor space, decreasing the chance of pinch-flats by 50% in lab exams
- On the path, riders report going whole seasons with out pinch-flats since introducing this tech to their rides
- Gen. 5 M Collection’ extra compliant design additional aids in pinch-flat discount
- Featured on: M5, M6, and M8
Protecting Rim Strip
- Launched in 2018 on the M730/735, and M930 wheel fashions
- Injection molded polyurethane rim strip creates a bumper-type interface between the rim’s vanguard and the tire, eliminating the power to pinch-flat
- Enhanced Tubeless: The Protecting Rim Strip eliminates the necessity for rim tape, offering added confidence that ought to a spoke break whereas driving, the tape gained’t be punctured, sustaining the tubeless seal.
- Remoted Air Chamber: If the rim will get broken, the Protecting Rim Strip offers an impartial seal between the tire and rim, stopping air loss
- No Want for Tire Inserts: Eliminates the necessity for tire inserts to forestall pinch-flats, saving weight
- These options make it the world’s most profitable wheelset within the World Cup immediately.
- Preferrred for gravity racing and E-MTB
Featured on: M9
Differing Entrance and Rear Rim Shapes
The brand new ENVE M sequence wheel lineup options distinctive entrance and rear rim shapes and carbon layups. The entrance rims are designed to supply extra flex for higher traction and luxury, whereas the rear rims are stiffer for energy switch and affect resistance. ENVE says this up to date front-to-rear differentiation “optimizes tire form, traction, and compliance.” Every wheel has its particular entrance and rear rim form, serving to it carry out its finest within the meant self-discipline. Try the main points beneath.
“They wished the damped trip really feel of alloy rims with out sacrificing the sturdiness of carbon. They wanted assurance they’d by no means lose a follow or race run to a tire or rim failure.”
Neil Shirley, Sports activities Advertising Director
ENVE INNERDRIVE Hubs
Each wheel is constructed utilizing ENVE’s new INNERDRIVE mountain hubs for the brand new M Collection. The hubs characteristic an outsized ratchet mechanism and customizable engagement. Riders can dial of their choices with 40t (9°), 60t (6°), 80t (4.5°), or 100t (3.6°) ratchets.
What about bearings? The ENVE INNERDRIVE hubs characteristic premium-grade stainless-steel bearings for top efficiency and low upkeep. Construct-wise, the M5 and M6 fashions characteristic straight-pull heart lock hub shells, whereas the M8 and M9 fashions use a j-bend hub shell, obtainable in each heart lock and 6-bolt.
Nonetheless Handmade in Utah
ENVE produces the up to date M Collection with an improved manufacturing course of, leading to value reductions which are handed on to the shopper. Like all ENVE rims, the brand new M Collection is handmade in Ogden, Utah, however now barely cheaper.
Nonetheless Rocking That 5-Yr Guarantee
The ENVE five-year guarantee covers “producer defects in supplies and artistry from the date of buy for the unique proprietor and from the date of manufacture for second-hand homeowners.” Professional-rated protection for every part and something which will occur throughout wheel possession outcomes from residing the driving life-style. The breakdown appears to be like like this and brings one other dimension to the pricing of the wheelset when you’re a rider who is tough on gear.
- Years 0-3: Free Substitute
- Years 3-4: 50% Off
- Years 4-5: 35% Off
- Years 5+: Protection expires
ENVE M Collection – Availability
The brand new M Collection is now obtainable and transport worldwide to ENVE retail and distribution companions and ENVE.com. All fashions will retail within the U.S. for USD $2300.
