As gravel cycling as a discipline has begun to define itself, so has the equipment needed to compete at the highest level. While there are two distinct offshoots forming – race and adventure, it's the former developing apace, particularly when it comes to aerodynamic efficiency. We’ve seen this maximised over the past few years, with everything from framesets to clothing adopting gravel-specific aerodynamic enhancements, but it’s in the best gravel bike wheels department where big gains are being unlocked.
Wheel manufacturers such as Zipp, with its 303 XPLR SW and locally, the Parcours FKT and Strada Gravel Aero Plus, all offer aero gravel wheelsets, and now Specialized’s component arm, Roval, is pushing the envelope even further focussing on aerodynamics and weight reduction with the introduction of two new gravel wheelsets, the Terra CLX III and Terra Aero CLX.
