It’s the widest rim Campy offers and the first that is best paired with at least 38mm (or theoretically between 1.5-3.0-inch) tires to be appropriate for riding on a variety of rougher roads and gravel terrain. Firstly, the internal rim width is sufficient at 25mm and they’re tubeless-ready thanks to Campy’s 2-Way Fit (solid rim bed) technology. Now, the wait is over, meet Campagnolo’s Levante gravel wheelset.Ĭampagnolo has delivered a competitive carbon rim that proves they have been paying attention to the latest gravel tech trends. Given time to design a proper carbon gravel rim, Campagnolo engineers have at last provided a modern hoop to pair with their Ekar Drivetrain. As impressed as we were with Ekar components, the only thing missing was a set of wheels stamped with the Campagnolo name to join the 13-speed drivetrain.Ĭampagnolo was in no hurry to develop a wheelset, as much of their early gravel strategizing was headed by Fulcrum (a part of the Campy family) during the engineering of the Rapid Red series which is a relatively rigid entry-level alloy wheel offering as well as the all-road-oriented Campagnolo Shamal wheelset. The 1×13-speed mechanical groupset pushed the limits of what the gravel community expected from a high-end drivetrain with a multitude of chainring and cassette options paired with Campy’s iconic double curve shifters and classic shift logic.
While we’ve been covering emerging gravel tech for nearly a decade, Campagnolo bided their time to release Ekar, their first gravel drivetrain, in September 2020.
Whether or not gravel is here to stay is no longer up for debate, at least according to the legacy Italian innovators at Campagnolo.
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