The wheel upgrade market, especially at the lower end, has been challenging for some time, and it's not hard to see why. Most mid-range bikes now come with in-house carbon wheels that tick a lot of boxes. They’re aero, light enough, often 50mm deep, and most crucially of all, look like all other carbon wheels. So, for many riders, the incentive to upgrade just isn’t what it once was.
But that doesn’t mean the whole category is redundant - far from it. Scribe’s Inception 50+ Disc wheelset makes a strong case for the budget carbon upgrade. After testing it over some of the UK’s roughest roads, I can confidently say it’s far from budget in terms of it's performance, making the Scribes comparable with some of the best road bike wheels you can buy.
