Forget Wheel Bags, Check out the New Enve Wheel Backpack!

This is awesome!

ENVE, please make a wheel truing stand-carrying backpack as well.

maybe I’m new, but….why would someone need to strap their wheels to a back pack?

Nothing new,

This is how we used to ride to time trials with light wheels & tubs.
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It certainly depends on the region and bike infrastructure, but here in the Colorado Front Range, and specifically in Boulder County, it’s an extremely common occurrence to carry your pit / spare wheels on your back to the local crit, TT or ‘cross race. I’d say you get roughly 25-30% of the racers riding to many of the local events. I lived without a car for years in the Denver/Boulder region and I rode to every race within an hour’s ride or within reasonable distance of transit. I simply added a pair of short extenders to the closure straps on my messenger bag to accommodate a spare wheelset being lashed to the back. A couple of old toe straps strategically placed / woven through the wheels ensured they wouldn’t rub or shift around. Even now that we have a couple of cars I still ride to all the weeknight training series events and any crit or ‘cross race that’s less than 30-40 minutes’ ride away, which is a fair amount.

ehh one of the spare plastic grocery bags and rubber bands everyone’s got hanging about in their garage can do fine as a cassette protector / cover for the low low price of $0, and that’s only if it’s threatening to rain; otherwise just position the wheelset such that the cluster’s on the outside facing up and bob’s yer uncle.

When will commenters here realize that if they don’t understand a product, perhaps they are not the target customer. A lot of thought goes into making cycling products, and there are a lot of people who use them for a lot of different things. Maybe you wouldn’t use it, but ENVE obviously realizes that there is a need for an item like this. Also-is it possible to have a product feature on here and not comment on the price? Obnoxious.

I don’t see how people can find riding with an extra wheel to be such a preposterous idea.

It’s basically the difference between driving or riding to the shop, a race, or anywhere else you might take a wheel or two.

Hey enve,

I’m thinking a neg 17 deg enve stem would sell a lot better than a back pack just sayin……

Obviously the people who don’t understand what this might be for don’t commute to their bike shop gig by bike and don’t have to either bring wheels in to true on the shop stands or haven’t blown their paycheck (plus a few more) picking up a new set of wheels that they want to slap on their race steed as soon as they get home and not have to wait. Blown tubes cost nothing, though, which is my general solution.

The Chrome Bravo has been around for a while as well. It’s waterproof and excels at carrying wheels and other unwieldy items.

b – I have ridden MTB wheels to the shop for repairs, etc. on occasion; last time I did it was for a blown hub a few months ago. Our shop is a half mile bike path jaunt from our house; there is literally no reason to start the car to go there. I’m not dissing on this bag to be perfectly clear, I think if I didn’t already have a nice couple of messenger bags and tiedowns for this purpose it would be an attractive option. Good bags are and should be expensive as they’re a niche product with a small market and require a lot of knowhow to build properly. I do have the same concern as others which is the attachment point and angle; too high / forward and yes the wheels will hit you in the back of the head.

I’ve schlepped new frames home from VeloSwap twice using tiedowns and a messenger bag; it’s not just wheels tbh.

This is a super common practice in Portland, Oregon. Especially at the after work/evening races. I saw a guy hauling two full bikes on a trailer being pulled by another bike. Only in Portland…