Best gravel wheelsets 2022 – The best wheels for off-road and aggressive riding

The best gravel wheelsets bring a lot to the table when you head off-road. Improving ride feel, traction and speed

The best gravel wheelsets can help transform the ride and performance of a gravel bike. There are multiple different gravel bike categories now, but whatever type of riding you are doing on your gravel bike a wheelset upgrade is one of the biggest purchases and upgrades you can make, so we are here to help you get it right.

During the gravel categories ascendancy before the equipment was as specific and well developed as it is now, even the best gravel bikes came with either road wheelsets that were really too narrow for wider tyres or cyclocross wheelsets that are built for a slightly different use case and tyre of riding. Now we have gravel specific everything, from the best gravel bike shoes through to the best gravel race bikes designed only to compete at the highest level.

Fast forward a few years and there is a broad spectrum of gravel-specific wheelsets to choose from in both 650b and 700c sizes. Current gravel wheelsets are lightweight but strong and wide enough to cope with off-road abuse and provide a far better fit for tyres (particularly tubeless ones) than in years gone by.

If you are still not too sure where to start when it comes to choosing a new wheelset we’ve got a useful guide at the bottom of the page to help you make the right decision for your type of riding.