![]() After 1,500km I'm happy to report that it's doing its job nicely. The addition of this bite guard means that weight can be kept down while preventing the cassette from digging into the soft metal. Making a freehub body out of aluminium rather than steel is an easy way for wheel manufacturers to shed some weight off their products, but aluminium is a relatively soft metal and can get 'chewed up' by a cassette, as could be seen when we tested the older Scribe 365 wheelset. ![]() Sadly, this can't be seen when a cassette is fitted but the freehub body has substance as well as style, with an integrated steel bite guard. Having a nosey around the wheels and the green freehub body immediately grabs your attention. This is all worth bearing in mind, as many alternative wheels won't include such luxuries and can mean large hidden costs to what initially appeared a simple wheel upgrade. The initial unboxing is a positive experience – in the box you'll find not only the wheels but also: tubeless tape (already installed), tubeless valves, spare spokes, spare nipples, six-bolt adapter (converts Centerlock to six-bolt), a lockring for 15mm axles, slim-fit lockring for tight clearing forks and a 10-speed spacer. The Race-D wheelset features a 26mm-deep aluminium rim but takes aim at more expensive carbon hoops. Overall, it's a very impressive package from Scribe and a great set of wheels for upgrading heavy stock wheels or for year-round training. The wheels feature a 'modern' 19mm internal width and are tubeless-ready out the box, which happens to include tubeless valves, spare spokes and all the adaptors you could ever need. The Scribe Race-D wheelset proves that aluminium still has a place in cycling components weighing in at just 1479g, it could easily be mistaken for a much more expensive wheelset.
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