Shimano WH-RX570-700C Tubeless Wheels

The Shimano WH-RX570-700C Tubeless Wheels bring Shimano's GRX gravel ecosystem down to the wheel level — an aluminum, tubeless-ready wheelset built specifically for gravel and all-road riding rather than repurposed from a road platform. If you're already running GRX components, this wheelset is the natural extension of that setup; if you're not, it's still a straightforward, well-supported way into a proper gravel-specific wheel.

The rim runs a 22mm depth with a 21.6mm internal width, wide enough to properly support the tire volumes gravel riding actually calls for. Shimano recommends tire widths between 32 and 42mm on this rim profile, which covers the range most gravel and all-road riders live in — wide enough for real traction and lower pressures on loose or broken surfaces, without ballooning out to widths that compromise handling on the paved sections between gravel segments. The tubeless-ready construction lets you drop pressure further than a tubed setup would allow, which is where a lot of the comfort and grip gains on rough terrain actually come from.

Shimano builds the hub around its familiar cup-and-cone bearing system, a design the brand has relied on for years because it's genuinely serviceable — you can adjust bearing preload rather than replacing a sealed cartridge when things start to feel loose after a season of riding. Labyrinth seals keep water and grit out of the bearing race, which matters more on a gravel wheel exposed to mud and dust than it would on a wheel that only sees clean pavement. The wheelset uses a 12x100mm front and 12x142mm rear thru-axle setup with a Centerlock disc interface, and the freehub is compatible with both Shimano and SRAM 10/11-speed drivetrains, so it won't lock you into a single drivetrain ecosystem down the road.

Twenty-four stainless steel spokes front and rear, butted and bladed in a 2-cross lacing pattern, give the wheel the stiffness to handle out-of-saddle climbing efforts and the durability to shrug off the repeated small impacts gravel riding delivers. Weight comes in at 769 grams up front and 951 grams in the rear, for a 1,720 gram total — reasonable numbers for an aluminum gravel wheelset that's built to be ridden hard rather than babied.

The WH-RX570 makes sense for a gravel or all-road rider who wants Shimano's proven GRX reliability and serviceability without paying for a carbon rim. It's a wheelset built around real gravel riding — wide tire support, a hub you can maintain yourself, and a spoke build that holds up to the terrain — at a price that leaves room in the budget for the rest of the build.