Honestly bought these to spice up my matte black Crux a bit. The paint on the AR40 rims matches the minimal black paint on the Crux perfectly, and the bike looks a lot faster with the white ENVE decals set off against all that black.
Tubeless set up was easy peezy.
Freehub sounds absolutely menacing.
This is my 5th set of ENVE wheels (Foudation 45, 65, SES AR 4.5, 3.4)
These feel similar to the 3.4 with gravel tires. The feel much livelier than the Foundation 45, and are a bit wider so more useful than the 45 were off pavement.
They have that great ENVE ride quality and are versatile enough for any type of drop bar riding. Racing, I might want something deeper, but those days are long behind me so I’m expecting to get a lot of use out of these for years to come.