Mavic Allroad SL Disc Wheelset

Designed to blur the line between road and gravel, the Mavic Allroad SL Disc Wheelset is built around a hookless, tubeless-ready rim wide enough to run everything from a fast road tire to a loaded gravel setup. Mavic engineered it for riders who want one wheelset that handles rough pavement, loose gravel, and the terrain in between without swapping equipment depending on the road surface.

The rim itself is built from Maxtal, an aluminum alloy exclusive to Mavic that Mavic states offers a higher strength-to-weight ratio than conventional 6106 alloy. Mavic's ISM4D rim shaping directs that material where it needs to be for strength while trimming it everywhere else, and the rim joint uses Mavic's SUP welding process — the seam is arc-welded, then milled smooth rather than left as a raw weld. A Black Shield finish, combining anodizing with a protective paint layer, adds impact and scratch resistance for the rock strikes and debris that come with riding off pavement. At 25mm internal width and a 22mm rim height, the hookless profile is designed for tubeless tires from 30mm up to 64mm, which covers everything from a road-oriented setup to a wide gravel tire without changing wheels.

Mavic's Fore technology is what makes the tubeless setup work without rim tape: instead of drilling straight through the rim bed for each spoke, the lower rim bridge is pushed inward and threaded so spoke nipples screw in directly, leaving the upper bridge solid and airtight. That construction saves roughly 30 grams per wheel versus a taped setup and adds stiffness at the rim bed for accelerations. The wheels lace with straight-pull, aero-profile stainless steel spokes in a two-cross pattern, and Mavic's Infinity hub design keeps spoke length identical front and rear with contactless lacing, which cuts down on noise under load and simplifies maintenance since there's no tool needed to true or service the wheel.

At the hub, Mavic's Instant Drive 360 freewheel uses a large contactless rubber seal to cut friction while still sealing out dirt and moisture, and the automatic QRM Auto bearing preload keeps the cartridge bearings spinning smoothly without periodic adjustment. The hubs ship with a Shimano HG road freehub standard and Center Lock disc brake mounts, running on 12x100mm front and 12x142mm rear thru-axles that can convert to quick release with separately sold adapters. Riders on SRAM XD, Campagnolo, or other drivetrains aren't locked out either — Mavic sells conversion kits for SRAM XD, Shimano HG light road, Shimano MS, and both Campagnolo ED and N3W freehub standards.

The complete set weighs 1,655 grams (773 grams front, 882 grams rear), light enough to notice on a climb without sacrificing the durability a mixed-terrain wheel needs. Mavic rates the wheelset to a combined bike-and-rider weight of 135 kilograms and to ASTM Category 2 use — road and off-road riding with jumps under 15 centimeters, which covers everything from a gravel century to rougher singletrack sections without pushing into full mountain bike territory. Designed and manufactured in Europe, the Allroad SL is built for a rider who wants a single, versatile wheelset for road, gravel, and everything that connects the two.