HUNT 4 Season Gravel Disc X-Wide Wheelset

Overview

The Purpose

The 4 Season Gravel Disc which comes as standard on your Cairn E-Adventure bike has been a staple in HUNT's range from very early on. As a more burly version of the 4 Season Disc (owing to higher spoke count and wider rim) it was a great option for those wanting to hit the path less travelled. Fast-forward a couple of years, and the demands of gravel riding have taken on a whole new dimension, with riders seeking trails and routes you'd formerly only consider a mountain bike for. Enter the X-Wide, the wheelset designed to shine where the boundaries are blurred.

As you’d come to expect from HUNT, they’ve invested in high-specification spokes, rims and hubsets, so you don’t pay a massive weight penalty for that extra off-road durability. Long-lasting performance both on and off-road. Don’t be restricted, grasp your freedom. The extra-wide rim is ideal for properly wide (35 to 50+) gravel tyres, so you can explore, go bike-packing, rip any trails or CX courses you fancy, and do it all with confidence!

Key Features

• Rims | Super-wide (29mm external, 25mm internal) 6066-T6 (+34% tensile strength vs 6061-T6) Heat treated. Disc specific. Asymmetric for balanced spoke tensions and a highly-durable wheel build. ETRTO 622x25.
• Tyres | Tubeless-ready for lower weight & rolling resistance, featuring H_LOCK bead-seat for easy and secure tubeless installation. Also works excellently with clincher tyres and tubes.
• Hubs | HUNT 4 Season Disc J-bend spoke hubs with extra bearing shielding. 10 degree FastEngage 4-pawl freehub, with H_CERAMIK coating for enhanced durability. Centre-lock disc mount, 6-bolt disc adaptors included.
• Axles | Easily adaptable & we fit them for you (12mm thru-axle front & rear). Fit all current axle sizes and are easy to change; Front - QR, Bolt thru 12/15/9mm, Rear - QR, Bolt thru 12x142, 12x135, 10x135.
• Included | Tubeless tape & valves, spare spokes, axle adapters, pair of 6bolt disc adps.
• See the full specs here
• Weight | 1698g

Full Specs

• Rims
• Tubeless-ready – designed to work excellently with normal clincher tyres and tubes or tubeless tyres. HUNT Black Shield tubeless rim tape and valves included.
• H_Lock bead-seat up-kicks for easy and secure tubeless installation.
• 6066-T6 (+34% tensile strength vs 6061-T6) heat-treated aluminium alloy
• Asymmetric to balance spoke tensions.
• Disc-specific tubeless-ready profile.
• 29mm outer and 25mm inner width ideal for 35-50mm+ tyre widths.
• 19mm depth
• Matt black anodized finish with laser etched graphics for excellent durability.
• Spokes
• J-bend cold drawn.
• Made from high grade T302 (18/10) stainless steel wire by Sandvik Sweden.
• Triple butted 2.0-1.6-2.0 (then 2.2 at the head for the patented Pillar Spoke Re-enforcement).
• 28 spokes laced 2 cross front and rear.
• Black stainless treatment.
• Nipples
• Brass for anti-corrosion resistance.
• Square body for external adjustment and hex head for easy internal adjustment/tensioning.
• 12mm length.
• 14 gauge.
• Black finish
• Tyres Info
• Maximum tyre pressure for this rim is 120psi when used with an inner tube and 100psi when running the wheel set-up tubeless. 100 psi is more than enough for any rider on road. Click here to listen to a podcast exploring the science of why lower pressures were found to be faster by pro teams.
• Maximum tyre pressures for other tyre sizes 30mm do not exceed 70psi, 33mm do not exceed 50psi, 35-45mm do not exceed 40psi, 46mm+ do not exceed 35psi.
• Please do not exceed the maximum pressure stated on your tyre.
• Suitable for tyres from 35mm wide upwards.
• Suitable tubeless road, gravel and CX tyres are available from a huge range of companies including Schwalbe, Hutchinson, Panaracer, Maxxis, WTB and many more.
• Axle Size
• Set up 12x100mm TA on the front and 12x142mm TA on the rear.
• These wheels are also available with all existing disc brake road bike axle adapter sizes. All our axle adapters are easy to swap but we'll fit the adapters your bike needs to save you the work.
• Front Hub
• All axle adapters are also available separately.
• Forged and CNC’d 6061-T6 heat treated aluminium alloy body.
• 7075-T6 aluminium alloy axles.
• Centre-lock disc mount. 6 bolt disc adapter included.
• Polished anodized black finish with laser graphics.
• Rear Hub
• All axle adapters are also available separately.
• 7075-T6 heat-treated aluminium alloy freehub body.
• H_CERAMIK freehub body reinforcement coating provides excellent durability and protects against cassette sprocket damage to the freehub often seen on standard alloy freehub bodies.
• 4 pawl, 36 tooth RapidEngage freehub, with an engagement angle of just 5 degrees
• All freehub standards accounted for, including:
• Shimano/SRAM
• Campagnolo
• SRAM XD Driver
• SRAM XDR Driver
• Forged and CNC’d 6061-T6 heat treated aluminium alloy body.
• 7075-T6 aluminium alloy axles.
• Polished anodized black finish with laser graphics.
• Bearings
• Super smooth precision bearings with proprietary waterproof grease specially selected for even the worst weather.
• Sealed cartridge replaceable units.
• Dual full-contact seals.

The Details

Rims

Strong and light 6066-T6 (+34% tensile strength vs 6061-T6) heat-treated rim features an asymmetric shape which is inverted from front to rear to provide balanced higher spoke tensions meaning your spokes stay tight for longer. The profile is disc-specific, allowing higher-strength to weight as no reinforcement is required for a braking surface. The extra wide rim at 29mm (25mm int) creates a great tyre profile with wider 35c+ tyres, giving excellent grip and lower rolling resistance.

Nipples

To accompany these high-end spokes we selected brass nipples for our Hunt 4Season wheels. Brass is strong and corrosion resistant plus it has self-lubricating properties to prevent issues that can arise from grit salt on the winter roads corroding the fine threads in alloy nipples. As well as the standard square body we chose nipples with a hex head so you can achieve precise tensioning.

Bearings

Bearings are the heart of any wheel and investing in them makes huge sense so we went to Japanese bearing experts EZO and invested extra to spec their high-grade precision sealed cartridge bearings in our full range.

Freehub Body

Durability is a theme for HUNT, as time and money you spend fixing is time and money you cannot spend riding or upgrading your bikes. This is especially important for a 4 Season bike you use regularly in harsh conditions. As a result, the freehub features our H_CERAMIK coating to provide excellent durability against cassette sprocket damage often seen on standard alloy freehub bodies.

Rim Bed

H_LOCK tubeless-ready rim bed profile. H_LOCK is our tubeless-ready rim bed profile, with up-kicks to the shoulders of the tubeless steps. This helps to create a great rim-well seal for first installation and easy sealing of tubeless tyres. The H_LOCK profile also locks the beads in place more securely once seated. This is especially important when running lower pressures off road.

Spokes

We chose the top-of-the-range Pillar Spoke Re-enforcement PSR XTRA models. These butted blade aero spokes are lighter and provide a greater degree of elasticity to maintain tensions and add fatigue resistance. These PSR J-bend spokes feature the 2.2 width at the spoke head providing more material in this high stress area. The nipples come with a square head so you can achieve precise tensioning. Combining these components well is key which is why all Hunt wheels are hand-built.

Adaptability

Our wheels are seriously future-proof. We can adapt your wheels to any current axle standard on the market, you just need to let us know what are your requirements by filling in the simple form on the confirmation page after checkout. As Shimano hydraulic brakes are appearing on many new bikes, we wanted riders to have the option so we went even more adaptable with centre-lock hubs and 6 bolt adaptors included.

Tyres

At HUNT, we enjoy the puncture resistance and grip benefits of tubeless on our every-day rides so we wanted to allow our customers the same option. Of course, all of our tubeless-ready wheels are designed to work perfectly with clincher tyres and inner tubes too.

Weight

The consequence of the fanatic attention to detail is incredible durability and a resulting low 1594g gram wheelset weight. Acceleration and climbing are massively improved over many of the stock wheels supplied on road/gravel/CX disc brake bikes.

In the Box

• Hunt Black Shield tubeless tape fitted to wheels.
• The axle adapters needed for your bike, just fill in the simple form shown after order completion, the form is also included in your order confirmation page.
• Cassette spacer for 8/9/10 speed
• Tubeless Valves
• Pair 6 bolt disc adapters
• Spare of each spoke plus nipples
• Quality control card signed by your wheel builder

Warranty & Weight Limit

A full 3 years from purchase date warranty is offered to the original purchaser only on all Hunt bike wheels against material or workmanship defects, please click here to read full details.

All HUNT wheels models have to pass our harsh cobbled-rolling-road tests for rider weight limits, please see here for more details. 115kgs is the upper recommended rider weight limit for these wheels. Please include the weight of any luggage in your total rider weight when choosing the correct wheels. If a rider is over 100Kgs then an experienced bike mechanic should check the wheel regularly and it is advisable to use tyres at max 90psi as this will reduce the fatigue on the wheelset. We are cyclists ourselves and do of course go above and beyond to offer excellent service if you ever do experience any issues. We carry full spares at very reasonable prices and offer complete support.

60 Day Ride & Return Period. We are certain you'll be impressed by the acceleration, low-weight, speed and durability of our wheels. We are cyclists and as such strive to offer class leading service and support. Buy with confidence, if for any reason you wish to return the wheels for a full refund of your order you can do so up to a full 60 days after you receive them whether they have been ridden or not. Please note we cannot offer refunds on wheels that have suffered from crash damage but do offer a crash replacement discount.