Review: Top quality, but quite a harsh ride cycling CADEXCycling
Cadex is a high-end in-house brand of Giant bikes, and its wheelsets sit a tier above the Giant-branded wheels available. The 65 is the deepest of the range, with a hookless rim that is designed to work alongside the Cadex Aero tyre for maximum aerodynamic performance and speed.
The 65 Discs are built with 21 spokes on the front wheel, laced one-cross on the non-drive side, radial on the drive side, and with 24 spokes on the rear, laced three-cross on the drive side, and one-cross on the brake/non-drive side. Cadex has a name for the lacing: DBL technology. DBL stands for Dynamic Balanced Lacing, and is claimed to provide optimal tension for the forces applied through pedalling and braking.
Cadex is clearly trying to establish itself as a high-end brand, with the wheels arriving in a very well-presented box. Everything from the chunky cardboard to the contents and parts required for fitting all give the impression of a boutique component.
In the product manual Cadex strongly recommends not using a tyre lever, but despite that it does provide a lever with each wheel. This has a narrow hook and a slim design, but there's nothing fundamentally different to other levers that I can see; still, better to play safe and stick with using it, or Giant's Tyre Installation tool.
I also fitted a Schwalbe Pro One, which was slightly easier, although again I used the provided tyre lever, and tried fitting a Continental GP5000 TR but gave up for risk of damaging the rim. I suspect it's possible to fit one of the Cadex or Schwalbe tyres without a lever, but it would require someone with stronger thumbs than me.From the first pedal strokes, the wheels have an instant feel of stiffness and responsiveness.
Cadex has taken a different aerodynamic approach to other brands, with that narrower external rim design, and this is very noticeable with the Aero 25 tyres installed, inflating to a true width of 26.2mm and giving a continuous look from tyre through to rim. As fast as the wheels feel, it would be great to have a wind tunnel to test and see which approach is faster. Cadex doesn't make any claims.
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