WCS ZETA GX GRAVEL WHEELS
While the WCS Zeta GX wheels might be a new product for Ritchey, one could argue their development has been in process for nearly
50 years. Tom, often together with his mentor Jobst Brandt and other friends, has been blazing trails and riding rough stuff since
the early 1970s. Riding dirt is literally in Tom’s blood.
Directly inspired by the reliability and top performance of the original Ritchey Zeta wheels, the new WCS Zeta GX wheelset is
designed to shine in the gravel. These hand-built wheels are tubeless-ready and feature the new WCS hub with sealed bearings, and
center-lock rotor mounts – with the rear hub housing a precise Ratchet Driver system with 360-degree, 36-point engagement. The
rims offer a wide 25mm inner diameter, so they’ll nicely fit wider tires for gravel, and they’re laced with 28 sturdy spokes.
Tom Ritchey doesn’t carry a mobile phone when he rides. Nor does he bother with the hassle of following GPS coordinates on a
cycling computer. A firm believer in self-reliance, one of Tom’s guiding design principals is that every Ritchey product needs to be
reliable enough to get you home. Designed for durability and to perform in rough and rugged conditions in remote locations or close
to home, the WCS Zeta GX wheels are built to be strong, dependable, and ready to rip, carve, and cruise through all of your gravel
adventures – and reliable enough to make sure you can do it all again tomorrow
SPECIFICATIONS
Rims: 6066 alloy Tubeless Ready with tubeless tape applied - OCR offset
Rim depth: 19mm
Rim inner/outer width: 25.5/29mm
Suggested tire size range: 30mm-50mm
Hubs: forged disc hubs and sealed bearings
Freewheel: Ratchet Driver with 36-point engagement
Freehub material: alloy
Freehub options: Shimano / SRAM XD-Road / Campagnolo (N3W and backwards compatible specs)
Compatibility: Shimano 9/10/11-speed and 12-speed road cassette - SRAM XD/XDR - Campagnolo 10/11/13s (freehub conversion kits available separately)
Disc brake compatibility: Centerlock (hub center-lock lockrings available separately) Available in BOOST and 100/142 spacing
Spokes: DT Competition 2.0/1.8 double butted
Front: 28 spokes / 2x lacing
Rear: 28 spokes / 2x lacing
Nipples: 2.0 brass 12mm
Weight: 700c: 1840g/set 650b: 1740g/set (w/tubeless tape installed)
Color: black
Do not use sealants contaning ammonia
