Princeton Carbonworks Wake 6560 Disc First Impressions
Princeton Carbonworks Wake 6560 Disc in for review. By “in” I mean that I purchased them a couple of weeks back with my Gamestop money. Just kidding. I have been interested in these wheels from the time that they first came out with the rim brake version. Yes, they are visually similar to the Zipp 454, but they were more “affordable”. Even though I am a smaller rider I like to ride deep wheels because the majority of the riding in Winston-Salem is fast rolling terrain. I love to climb, but I am not a wheel switcher so whatever wheel I ride in the winds of March through April are the wheels I am going to ride in the heart of summer going climbing in Boone, NC. I don’t want to switch between climbing wheels and fast wheels. On the surface these wheels tick all the boxes. Below are my first impressions of what I received. I will do a follow up review when I have some time on the wheels.
I do have to say that the team at PCW is more than helpful and very responsive to inquiries.
The box arrived in great shape in one of the best wheel boxes I have seen.
Nice little extra feature that I have never seen on another wheel box.
Neatly packaged
Notice anything? No spoke holes = no rim tape. Nice.
XDR hub for me
Actual weight for the rear wheel sans valves is 810 grams.
Actual weight of the front wheel sans valves is 690 grams.
Keep in mind that these wheels are 65mm at the deepest and 60mm at the shallowest for each wheel so 1500g on the nose is impressive. The ID of 18mm is a little narrow by todays newer standards, but the 6560 is made for speed so I will take the tradeoff. I went back and forth about the Wake 6560 or the Grit 4540 and all but had my mind made up to go with the 4540 because I liked the extra rim width it offers. In the end I decided that I wanted to buy speed and need anything that can help me at this point because at my age it’s hard to get faster. Just wait you youngsters, it will happen to you as well.
So far I have one ride on these wheels and will do a ride report when I have had a chance to properly put some time in. I am looking forward to riding them as they are regarded as one of the best when it comes to wind gusts. As someone who literally got blown off the road last year that is important to me.
