SRAM took the wraps off its latest road product just days before Sea Otter began, but the component maker had plenty of new offerings to show on the off-road side of its business.
Three new wheelsets are added alongside the SRAM Rise line introduced last year.
Available in 26-, 27.5- and 29-inch wheel sizes, the Roam 60 cross-country/trail/all-mountain wheels feature UST-compatible carbon-tuned rims with an asymmetrical profile, 21-millimeter inside and 28-millimeter outside rim widths, double-butted stainless steel spokes and, the company says, easy conversion for all axle types. Weights range from 1,495 to 1,625 grams, depending on wheel size.
Roam 60 should be available by June in 26-inch and in August for 27.5- and 29-inch, with an MSRP of $2,199.
The Roam 50 wheelset boasts similar light weight and trail durability, but at half the price with aluminum rims rather than carbon and a slimmer 25-millimeter outer width. It’s set for a July release in all three wheel sizes with an MSRP of $1,072.
The Rail 50 is the most aggressive of the new wheels, intended to stand up to all-mountain and enduro racing conditions while maintaining light weight. The wheelset features aluminum rims with SRAM’s asymmetrical Taper Core profile, like the Roam 50, but boasts an outer width of 28 millimeters.
Like all the new wheelsets, it’s available with the new XD 11-speed driver body for SRAM’s 10-42 XXI cassette or a 9/10-speed driver body. All wheels also have SRAM’s Solo Spoke design, featuring uniform spoke lengths for the whole wheel.
SRAM also showed off the revived Pike all-mountain fork, which has been out of the RockShox lineup for a number of years. The full redesigned Pike gets 35-millimeter upper tubes, asymmetrical lower legs for increased strength on the braking side, 15-millimeter Maxle Lite axle, the new Charger damper with three modes—open, pedal and lock—and comes in versions for all three wheel sizes. Travel is 150 or 160 millimeters for 26- or 27.5-inch wheels, 140 or 150 millimeters for 29er. The Pike is due to reach retailers in June with an MSRP of $980-$1,085.
The RockShox SID and Revelation forks are also now available in all three wheel sizes, with both the XC and trail fork, respectively, getting a remodeled Motion Control DNA damper. The forks’ new Dig Valve is designed to give optimum low- and high-speed compression tuning and allow for the use of Rapid Recovery, which is said to allow the shock to recover faster between impacts to improve traction and rider control.
SRAM adds to its “Avid Trail Family” of brakes, launched last year with the XO Trail stoppers, with the new Elixir 7 Trail and Elixir 9 Trail models, arriving at retailers in June.
Both brakes feature forged aluminum four-piston calipers, organic pads, Matchmaker X compatibility and four rotor options from 160 to 200 millimeters. The $126 Elixir 7 comes with an alloy lever blade, while the $169 Elixir 9 has a carbon lever, black anodized finish and tool-free contact adjust.
