Princeton Wake 6560 EVO Disc Brake Wheelset w/White Industries Hubs - Standard Color

The Princeton Wake 6560 EVO Disc Brake Wheelset w/White Industries Hubs - Standard Color is the kind of wheelset that stops you second-guessing your equipment. You stop wondering whether you picked the right depth for today's route, stop bracing for crosswind wobble on the exposed descent, stop feeling that soft, vague response when you stand out of the saddle and drive hard. It just works — on the flat, on the climb, in the corner. That's a harder thing to build than it sounds.

Most deep-section wheels are a trade. A 60mm rim is fast on flat roads and exposed courses, but it pays for that speed in weight, in nervous handling when a truck passes you at speed, and in the kind of all-day fatigue that comes from managing a wheel that wants to wander. Princeton CarbonWorks built the Wake 6560 EVO around a different premise: that a wheel could carry meaningful aerodynamic depth and still behave like something lighter and more neutral. The numbers in the name tell the story — 65mm at the deepest section, 60mm average — but they don't fully explain how it rides.

The engineering behind that behaviour is Princeton's proprietary undulating rim profile. Rather than holding a constant depth around the circumference, the rim alternates between deeper and shallower sections — a geometry unique to Princeton CarbonWorks. The deeper sections anchor the high-tension spokes, which flattens spoke angles and creates more even tension across the whole wheel. That translates directly into a stiffer, more stable structure without the weight penalty of simply building a deeper rim everywhere. It's the kind of detail you feel under load rather than read about on a spec sheet: the wheel tracks cleanly when you sprint, holds its line through fast corners, and doesn't hunt in gusts the way a conventional deep-section rim can.

Princeton Wake 6560 EVO Disc Specs at a Glance

• Rim Depth: 65mm max / 60mm average
• Rim Profile: Undulating cross-section — Princeton CarbonWorks proprietary design
• Brake Type: Disc brake
• Tyre Compatibility: Tubeless-ready
• Hubs: White Industries — front and rear
• Spoke Count: 24 front / 24 rear
• Drivetrain Compatibility: Campagnolo, HG11 (Shimano / SRAM 11-speed), XDR Driver
• Colour Options: Black decal or White decal
• Rim Construction: Carbon fibre
• Intended Use: Road and endurance racing, mixed-terrain road riding

Design Benefits

1. Undulating Rim Profile — Aero Depth Without the Handling Penalty: Princeton's variable-depth rim geometry is the core of what makes the Wake 6560 EVO ride differently from a conventional deep-section wheel. By cycling between deeper and shallower sections, the rim achieves strong aerodynamic performance while managing crosswind sensitivity more effectively than a uniform deep profile. The result is a wheel you can commit to on exposed roads without constantly managing its behaviour.
2. Optimised Spoke Tension for Structural Rigidity: The deeper sections of the undulating profile serve a structural purpose beyond aerodynamics — they allow higher spoke tension with flatter spoke angles, which produces more even tension distribution around the wheel. A wheel with more balanced tension is inherently stiffer and more durable, and you feel that stiffness as directness: the wheel responds immediately to power input and doesn't flex laterally under hard cornering loads.
3. White Industries Hubs — Built for the Long Term: White Industries hubs are precision-machined in California and have earned a reputation for bearing quality and longevity that outlasts most of the wheels they're laced into. The engagement is crisp and consistent, and the build quality means these hubs are worth rebuilding onto a new rim long after the original carbon has done its miles. Pairing them to a Princeton rim is a considered choice — both components are built to the same standard of long-term reliability.
4. Tubeless-Ready Construction: The Wake 6560 EVO is designed to run tubeless, which opens the door to lower tyre pressures, reduced rolling resistance, and better puncture resilience without the weight of an inner tube. For road riding or mixed-surface use, the ability to run a wider tyre at lower pressure adds comfort and grip on rough surfaces without compromising the aerodynamic profile of the rim.
5. Broad Drivetrain Compatibility: Available with Campagnolo, HG11, or XDR driver bodies, the Wake 6560 EVO fits cleanly into most modern road builds. Whether you're running a Shimano groupset, a SRAM AXS drivetrain, or a Campagnolo system, there's a configuration that slots straight in without adapters or workarounds.

Final Take

The Wake 6560 EVO with White Industries hubs is built for riders who train seriously, race occasionally, and want a wheelset that performs across both without compromise — long group rides, hilly sportives, criteriums, or fast solo efforts where aerodynamics and handling need to coexist. If you've been weighing up depth against weight and handling, this is the wheel Princeton CarbonWorks built to make that trade-off disappear.