These wheels are the most solid wheels I've ever ridden. Some areas of the ride were very windy but I barely felt a twitch from the front end. Also, climbing up hills you wouldn't think I was on 69mm.
Jason L., New York, USA
Polaris 69mm
The 42mm is awesome! I rode through some hard cross winds and 80kph descent on Mt Baker. The wheels were solid. I didn't feel a thing in the cross wind and I could corner very confidently on it. I'm loving the Pirelli tubeless setup with both my Polaris sets.
Sunil J., Vancouver, Canada
Polaris 42mm
Overall, really happy with these wheels. I've done riding in nasty winds and some descents at speed (50+mph); I trust these wheels a lot at this point and have never felt like they made me nervous.
A.P., Washington DC, USA
Polaris 69mm
Coming from ENVE SES 5.6s, it's nice to finally have an aero wheelset optimized for wider tires. The local road races are hell on equipment.
Eugene C., California, USA
Polaris 69mm
Oh my goodness, these wheels make my bike into a rocket! I can't believe the acceleration that I'm getting from them!
Douglas C., Golden, CO, USA.
Polaris 42mm
The comfort and astonishingly low weight (1300g) belie the stiffness and responsiveness of the wheelset. In short, the Polaris 42 is a thoroughly modern, well designed, all-around wheelset and will be my main go-to wheel for most of my rides. I really like them!
Gao Guangyan, Seattle, USA
Polaris 42mm
The performance and stability of Polaris stems from our deep experience in engineering and design.
Unlike other brands that slap their logos onto open mould products, we meticulously design Polaris to exacting standards - from Finite Element Analysis to Computational Fluid Dynamics, our products use state-of-the-art simulation and optimization techniques to bring the highest performance and user experience to the rider.
It's not easy - we are the only company in Singapore that does carbon wheel design, but our custom rim designs attain a performance unreachable with open-mould rims.
Through careful optimization of the rim shape and rim-tire interface via thousands of hours of Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations, as well as wind tunnel testing at the A2 Wind Tunnel in North Carolina, USA, we were able to design a rim that works admirably fast. During testing, the Polaris 69 and 42 rims were faster at 10m/s and 13.3m/s than our 50mm Zenith wheels, and had an improved stall angle. This means more speed, over a wider range of wind conditions, than a mid-depth carbon wheel.
Blowing away the common wisdom that deep-section wheels are hard to handle, the Polaris 69mm handles crosswinds with aplomb. Designed with a priority on handling transient gusts, Polaris minimizes steering torque, while maintaining torque linearity to a greater wind angle. A linear response means that steering is more predictable with less twitching or jerking during sudden gusts, while a lower steering moment means less effort spent keeping the bike moving straight.
The Polaris 42mm features a near-immunity to crosswinds, with a near-zero steering moment that provides exceptionally good response in bad weather.
Choose the Polaris 42 if you expect frequent starts and stops, climbs, or if your locale is extremely windy.
Choose the Polaris 69 if you ride in wide open areas with few stops, or if the terrain is flatter and the wind is calmer.
| RIM | POLARIS 69 | POLARIS 42 | |||
| Variant | Revolution AR-01 | DT 240 | DT 180 | Revolution AR-01 | DT 240 |
| Depth | 69mm | 42mm | |||
| Width | 35mm | 32.5mm | |||
| Internal Width | 23mm | ||||
| ERD | 507mm | 555mm | |||
| Hubs | Revolution AR-01 | DT 240 | DT 180 | Revolution AR-01 | DT 240 |
| Spokes | Sapim CX Ray, 24/24H | ||||
| Nipples | Sapim Polyax Alloy | ||||
| Weight | 1610g | 1600g | 1560g | 1310g | 1300g |
| Price (SGD) | 1899 | 2599 | 3299 | 1799 | 2499 |
Ride hard, race harder - we've got your back with our lifetime warranty against manufacturing defects*. Even better, all Polaris wheels come with a crash replacement guarantee. If you manage to damage your product while riding, racing, or even during an accident, we will replace or repair Polaris for you at zero parts cost**.
*This warranty is valid for the original owner. It covers the rims, spokes, and hubs, but does not cover damage due to wear and tear (e.g. bearings, brake tracks), cosmetics, improper assembly or abuse. **This guarantee is valid for the original owner of Polaris wheels. Labor and return shipping costs are not covered by Ascent. Ascent and its distributors reserve the right to refuse warranty or crash replacement guarantee to any person who, at our sole discretion, abuses our products, programs, or warranty policy. Damage caused by misuse, abuse, or intentional damage will not be covered by either policy.
The Omnibalance Design Philosophy guides our wheel design. It is no longer sufficient to produce wheels that are fast - they need to be stable and controllable, they need to inspire confidence so that you dare to push yourself to the absolute best.
We have identified five key factors for a wheel's performance, and have designed Polaris to excel in all of them:
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