ENVE SES 3.4 Disc Brake Tubeless Wheelset

The ENVE SES 3.4 Disc Brake Tubeless Wheelset is ENVE's all-around road wheel, positioned between the lighter SES 2.3 and the deeper, more aero-focused SES 4.5 in the brand's lineup. ENVE built the SES 3.4 to be the most versatile wheel in its road range — a set that can handle a fast road group ride, a mixed-surface gravel event, or a race day without asking a rider to compromise on weight or handling. The current generation carries over the 38mm front and 42mm rear rim depths and 25mm internal width from the previous SES 3.4 AR, with a laminate update that brings total wheelset weight down to 1390 grams. It's a tubeless road wheel built around ENVE's Wide Hookless Bead design, made for riders who want one wheelset that covers more than one kind of riding.

Running different depths front and rear is a deliberate part of ENVE's aero approach: the front rim is shaped to maximize crosswind stability, while the rear rim is designed to recapture airflow moving from the front of the bike to the back, reducing overall drag. ENVE tests this "Real-World Fast" approach at both 20 mph and 30 mph rather than a single wind-tunnel number, and the current SES lineup — including the 3.4 — is optimized around ENVE's own 27mm tire, reflecting where tubeless road tire width has settled over the past few seasons.

The hookless bead design is central to how the wheel handles tubeless setup and tire safety. ENVE's Wide Hookless Bead is a patent-pending detail at the rim's leading edge, built to reduce the likelihood of pinch-flatting a tubeless tire on an impact — a meaningful difference from a standard hookless rim, according to ENVE. The high-volume rim shape and 25mm internal width are also built to hold a line on rough pavement and technical descents, where tire volume and rim width have more influence on handling confidence than rim depth alone.

Every SES wheelset, including this one, uses ENVE's INNERDRIVE Premium Straight Pull hub, a fully in-house design rather than an off-the-shelf hub. ENVE says it saves roughly 60 grams over the brand's previous-generation hub while keeping oversized steel ratchets positioned inboard, over the bearings, to reduce stress on the axle. The hub also standardizes to a single spoke length per rim diameter for easier service, and ENVE built in an anti-twist spoke hole and spacing between spoke crossings specifically to prevent the spoke creak that can develop on other straight-pull hubs over time. This build is available through RA Cycles with either an HG11 (Shimano/SRAM 11-speed) or XDR freehub body, so it can be matched to most modern road drivetrains.

This particular listing is currently marked down to $2,099–$2,350 depending on freehub body, down from ENVE's regular pricing of up to $2,850 for this configuration — worth knowing is that RA Cycles sells this listing as final sale, so it can't be returned or exchanged once purchased. It ships in a Black colorway and is in stock for immediate shipping from RA's Brooklyn location. For a rider who wants one set of wheels that performs on tarmac, holds its own on gravel, and doesn't need to be babied on rough roads, the SES 3.4 remains one of the more genuinely multi-surface options in ENVE's lineup — a wheelset built to be the only one in the garage rather than one of several depth-specific choices.