1145 Grams. Built for Every Mile of Gravel.
Anyone can chase a low number on a rim. Cutting weight is the easy part. The harder version, the one that actually matters once you're two hours into a ride and the road turns to washboard, is making sure nothing you cut cost you the confidence to keep pushing. That's the case the Jocassee Carbon Gravel SL makes at 1145 grams for the full wheelset: not a number to brag about, but a feeling you notice the first time you stand up and accelerate out of a corner without the wheel fighting you.
The rim: why you can run lower pressure and still feel planted
The Jocassee's carbon layup places aerospace-grade fiber exactly where impact loads live, not spread evenly across the rim just to hit a target weight. On the road, that means the wheel shrugs off a hit you'd expect to feel in your hands. A 26mm internal width gives modern high-volume gravel tires the platform they need, which translates directly to more traction and more control at lower pressures: the kind of grip that lets you carry speed through a loose corner instead of backing off and hoping.
The ride quality you don't think about until it's gone
A 25mm depth balances compliance with responsiveness, so the wheel takes the edge off washboard and chatter instead of hammering it straight into your hands and forearms. That's the difference between finishing a five-hour gravel day loose and relaxed versus gripping the bars for the last hour just trying to hold on. An offset rim bed equalizes spoke tension between the drive and non-drive side, the quiet detail behind a wheel that still tracks straight and true after a season of rough roads, instead of needing a truing stand by August.
1145 Grams. Built for Every Mile of Gravel.
Anyone can chase a low number on a rim. Cutting weight is the easy part. The harder version, the one that actually matters once you're two hours into a ride and the road turns to washboard, is making sure nothing you cut cost you the confidence to keep pushing. That's the case the Jocassee Carbon Gravel SL makes at 1145 grams for the full wheelset: not a number to brag about, but a feeling you notice the first time you stand up and accelerate out of a corner without the wheel fighting you.
The rim: why you can run lower pressure and still feel planted
The Jocassee's carbon layup places aerospace-grade fiber exactly where impact loads live, not spread evenly across the rim just to hit a target weight. On the road, that means the wheel shrugs off a hit you'd expect to feel in your hands. A 26mm internal width gives modern high-volume gravel tires the platform they need, which translates directly to more traction and more control at lower pressures: the kind of grip that lets you carry speed through a loose corner instead of backing off and hoping.
The ride quality you don't think about until it's gone
A 25mm depth balances compliance with responsiveness, so the wheel takes the edge off washboard and chatter instead of hammering it straight into your hands and forearms. That's the difference between finishing a five-hour gravel day loose and relaxed versus gripping the bars for the last hour just trying to hold on. An offset rim bed equalizes spoke tension between the drive and non-drive side, the quiet detail behind a wheel that still tracks straight and true after a season of rough roads, instead of needing a truing stand by August.
The hub: instant response when you need it
Every Jocassee runs Boyd's Grade 54 ratchet hub: 6.6-degree engagement, so the moment you put power down out of a corner or up a punchy climb, the wheel is already moving with you instead of a beat behind. It's tool-free, serviceable and compatible across Shimano, SRAM, and Campagnolo, so a hub that needs attention doesn't turn into a wasted riding day. Weather-sealed construction and Enduro ABEC-5 bearings mean it still spins the same after a wet, muddy ride as it did brand new, so the last ride of the season feels like the first.
Who's actually building it
Every wheelset is handbuilt, stress-relieved, and re-tensioned in Greenville, SC, not on an overseas line at scale. That's not just a manufacturing detail, it's the reason you can trust the wheel underneath you on a remote gravel descent thirty miles from cell service: a named builder stood behind this build, not an anonymous factory line.
"The Jocassee was designed for riders who want one wheelset that truly does it all," said Boyd Johnson, founder of Boyd Cycling. "It's light enough to feel fast on the road, strong enough for rugged gravel and singletrack, and engineered to hold up over long, demanding rides."
That's the actual test: one wheelset, whatever the day throws at it, without a second thought about whether it can handle the next terrain change.
See the proof for yourself
The Jocassee Carbon Gravel SL is $2,000, available now with Shimano, SRAM, or Campagnolo freehub options, tubeless tape and valves pre-installed, and backed by a lifetime warranty and 30-day money-back guarantee. Ships in 2 to 3 business days from Greenville, SC.
