Unveiling the Truth: Orome Valar TH50D Carbon Wheelset // In-Depth Review

You lose any aero benefit by fitting tyres wider than the rims.

What's your opinion getting this model vs the TH30 ? I ride usually in hilly environment.. Do you think these 50 mm wheels, would be a handicap to climb or when there is wind ?
Thanks in advance

im curious on how thick the actual tires are when pumped into the "proper" tire pressure? considering that this is a wide 22mm inner rim width.

Just to be clear, do you recommend these wheels? 😁

What is the actual weight of these wheelset?

Did you say that these are the TH50D-L wheels set?

is here anyone with stucking tires on this wheels? Neither I or a mechanic from a bikeshop were able to demount a normal Continental GP 25mm Tire from this wheels. They are super tight.

At the moment i absolutely can not recommend this wheelset!

Isn't the drive side spoke tension higher because the distance to the right side hub flange is shorter than non drive side and thus the overall horizontal force component is lower for the same spoke tension(just do the exercise of decomposing the spoke pulling force by vertical and horizontal components)? So if one wants a correctly dished wheel(centered) it has to pull the same amount left to right, and achieves that by increasing overall drive side spoke tension.

How much do they Weigh???

Would these be suitable for a gravel bike?

Any discount code

Jourdain,
I was adjusting the free play in my head tube and once that was corrected, I could see that something was still moving on the wheel. I notice that if I hold down the brake lever the rotor does not move but the hub does move back and forth. I checked the rear wheel and same thing. Is that just a carbon wheel thing? Rotor lock ring not tight enough? I have the new Orome Valor DT50 wheel set. Newbie bike builder here lol. Thanks for your time.

Bought a set of BH56D wheels, they will serve as my road wheel set for my Orbea terra gravelbike. Can't wait untill they arrive!

The big problem with this set is I ordered a set May 3rd and still don't have it yet. And have no idea how long it will be

just curious which one is better, the 1:1 ratio in rear spokes or 2:1

What did they weigh in at? Did I miss this in the video?

So they named these after the God of Hunting in Tolkien's Arda mythology.

That would mean they are considering these wheels to be a stab at Hunt wheels, eh?😂

are the decals removable or they are covered by lacquer? thanks!

The internal to external measurements aren’t good enough for a decent transition of tire to rim. They’re designed for 23mm.

It seems that the gaps between the frame and tires with these 32mm are getting better as well.

Bro, these wheels are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!

Suspect they are the same as the yoeleo sat wheels.. that sound, the look, the specs. Have had my hassles with tubeless but I prefer to deal with it at home than having to change tubes on the road

I just dropped a set of these on my 3 week old Falath. Your measurements confirms my ride experience . Thanks for enhancing my impressions

currently going for £639 on the UK Elves site. Dam good bargin at that price. Can't grumble about the lack of tape and valves not being included. Hate the decals though.

Sounds like they use the same hub supplier as HUNT does. I recently upgraded from an Alloy wheelset from HUNT to a carbon by 9velo (yes, I did jump on that bandwagon with their cheapest RV-55 set for £530) and the freehub on the 9velo compared to the HUNT is basically like hitting the mute button on the remote after having the TV on super loud.

The 9velo still makes clicking noises when freewheeling, but compared to the HUNTs they are silent. I never thought id say it but I actually miss how loud the HUNT hubs are.

Tubeless = no, Disc = yes. I appreciate that these are hooked rims because hookless rims= Oh Hell No!!! I also appreciate the sensible steel spokes. Overall these seem like a very good quality wheelset and when you factor in the price, they would be outstanding.

Great video, thanks! Makes me want to get all those tools to check wheels when I buy them. Not sure I need it, but more clutter in my workshop, why not?

Great video! Thanks

loved the look of the carbon weave on those wheels, what did they look like with the sun shining on them?? (yep if they look good that means they must be fast 🤣), aesthetically I think the Valar white writing looks terrible, can that come off? and thanks for another independent and very in depth review. 👌👍

Great video! Thanks

Nike socks are costing you watts

Thanks Paul. Loads of info about super expensive frames that are poorly prepared but very little about mid range frames that are excellent. A really valuable video. But I would still take the magenta Time in the background😊

I upgraded my wheels on my cervelo to carbon fiber Mavics, back wheel split, probably coz I had to cycle over cattle grids. Who said cycling was a cheap sport 😂😂