Reserve Wheels
Reserve Wheels is the in-house wheel brand of Santa Cruz Bicycles — one of the most respected mountain bike manufacturers in the world — built to supply their own bikes with wheels engineered specifically for their intended use rather than sourced from a generic wheel supplier. Reserve produce mountain bike and gravel carbon wheelsets that are designed around Santa Cruz's specific geometry and suspension requirements, making them among the best-matched wheel options for Santa Cruz bikes and genuinely excellent choices for any trail and enduro rider. What Is Reserve Wheels and Who Makes Them? Reserve's naming system reflects their rim width: the 37|44 is a 37mm internal-width mountain bike wheel (44mm external), designed for modern aggressive trail geometry and 2.4"–2.6" tyres. The 28|32 is their cross-country and gravel wheel — 28mm internal width, lighter construction. All Reserve wheels use DT Swiss 350 or 240 hubs, Industry Nine or Chris King options available, and come with Reserve's Lifetime Crash Replacement Policy — one of the most generous in the industry. Why Choose Reserve Wheels? Reserve wheels combine Santa Cruz's deep understanding of mountain bike geometry and tyre interaction with genuinely premium construction — DT Swiss hubs, quality carbon layup, and proper engineering rather than cost-optimised production. Their crash replacement policy removes the risk from riding carbon wheels on technical terrain, and their rim widths are optimised specifically for moder