ENVE SES 2.3 Chris King R45 Road Disc Wheelset

The SES 2.3 is purpose-built for the mountains. Ultra-light, respectfully aerodynamic, and optimized for tubeless tires, the SES 2.3 raises the bar for performance through hilly and mountainous terrain.

There’s no better option for the uncompromising climber who values performance up and down the mountain than the new SES 2.3. At sub-1200 grams on Chris King R45D hubs, they’re in a league of their own and deliver a real-world advantage in hilly terrain through their lightweight design and confidence-inspiring handling. 

Modern-day alpinists take their ethos of ‘Fast and Light’ seriously by avoiding unnecessarily heavy gear to get up the mountains quickly while maintaining confidence on the way down. The SES 2.3 subscribes to that same idea in the pursuit of scaling mountains efficiently and providing even more fun and stability on the descent. Paring down from the SES 3.4, it maintains the proven Smart ENVE System design elements of dissimilar front and rear rim depths for handling the varying air flow elements from the front to the back of the bike. 

At 28mm for the front depth and 32mm for the rear depth, the SES 2.3 provides crosswind stability and flatland aerodynamic efficiency to descend confidently and carry speed in the flat valleys between climbs. Utilizing hookless bead tubeless technology allowed our engineers to pull more weight out of this wheelset, tune the comfort, maintain strength, and ensure an exacting rim bead seat diameter to provide the most precise tubeless interface. This wheelset is tubeless and disc brake only. When it comes to the biggest climbs of the Grand Tours or the undulating terrain out your front door, there’s simply nothing faster.

Product Details

Built in-house with legendary ENVE/Chris King standards of precision
Chris King R45D 24-hole front hub
Chris King R45D 24-hole rear hub
Centerlock Lock ring sold separately and required for installation
ENVE SES 2.3 disc carbon rims engineered by F1 designer Simon Smart for speed and responsiveness
Rim Depths Front :28mm | Rear: 32mm
Rim width of 25 mm optimised for 27mm width tyres
Sapim CX Ray black spokes
Chris King-backed Lifetime warranty on our hubs
Chris King-backed 5-year crash replacement policy

Due to the extremely lightweight nature and construction of this rim, it is not suitable for off-road/gravel applications.