The Easton Vista SL Clincher Wheelset establishes a precedent for performance on a budget. Hand built the Vista SL's feature anodized black J-bend hubs with sealed cartridge bearings and an alloy axle. 100% HANDBUILT Easton didn't always make wheels, but once they started, they knew there were a few things that every Easton wheel would have to do: be durable, fill a specific purpose (like work great for the demands of trail riding), meet their stringent testing standards and stay true under conditions that reduce most wheels to something like a puddle. In order to guarantee durability and incredible trueness, every wheel that you'll see from Easton is 100% hand built and trued using our proprietary acoustic method. That's right, Easton's trained builders don't judge a wheel as straight and round simply by watching it glide through a truing stand. No, they listen to the tone that each spoke makes when plucked. Even tones make for a wheel that'll stay straight and round much longer than other methods.