Curve Cycling sprung onto the Australian scene a few years back offering open-mould Asian made rims, handbuilt in Melbourne into premium wheels.
At the time of writing Curve is selling mostly within Australia and the Asian market, but we understand the company will soon start with a UK distributor (prices are therefore TBC).
Nowadays there are literally hundreds of small ‘boutique’ wheel brands popping up to compete with the big names. Unfortunately, many of these smaller brands hide the fact that their rims are open mould and that little design work has been done.
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Curve's a little different – there are no empty claims about the wheels being, ‘faster, stiffer, more aero, more compliant, blah, blah, blah’ – like some competitors are guilty of. Instead Curve uses a proven design and a unique layup, to let the wheels do the talking.
Who's behind Curve?
Before we get to the meat of the review, a little bit of information on Curve. Founded by Steven Varga and Jesse Carlson, Curve started as a hobby, which turned into an obsession, and then eventually a quality carbon wheel. Varga, who comes from a bike shop background began exploring the, ‘all carbon comes from the same factory’ theory, a project which paved the foundation for Curve. Carlson meanwhile is involved in carbon automotive wheels along with bike wheelsets, and has a PHD in physics – and is a pretty good mountain biker to boot.
The CC38s
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