Head to head
Cadex 65 DiscvsPrinceton CarbonWorks Wake 6560
Both sections drawn to one scale, from each maker's published geometry. The differences you can see in the drawing are the differences that exist.
- Depth
- Identical
- 65 vs 65 mm
- External
- 0.5 mm apart
- 30 vs 29.5 mm
- Internal
- 1.3999999999999986 mm apart
- 22.4 vs 21 mm
- Claimed weight
- 14 g apart
- 1,462 vs 1,476 g
- UK RRP
- £200 apart
- £2,700 vs £2,900
Rim depth
65 mm
60 / 65 mm
Effectively the same depth — this is not the axis to choose on.
Internal width
22.4 mm
21 mm
The wider rim is built around a wider tyre. Match this to the tyre you actually run, not to the bigger number.
External width
30 mm
29.5 mm
Governs how the rim and tyre meet the air, and frame clearance.
Cadex
65 Disc
RRP £2,700
UCI mass-start road
Eligible — Eligible on the rules we assess
Princeton CarbonWorks
Wake 6560
RRP £2,900
UCI mass-start road
Check before racing — Published height is 65 mm, but this rim's depth varies around its circumference. At the limit that needs measuring at its deepest point rather than taken from the nominal figure.