OCLV stands for Optimum Compaction, Low Void, the world's most advanced carbon fiber production process. Optimum Compaction squeezes air pockets between carbon fibers out, resulting in extremely Low Voids, the source of weakness and fatigue failures. There are a lot of other methods for manufactureing carbon fiber parts, but none can rival the superior strength to weight ratio of OCLV. It's a patented process so exclusive that it's utilized in only one factory in the world. And it's the only factory that Bontrager trusts to build the XXX Lite carbon rim, the foundation of Bontrager's carbon wheel line-up.

For 2008 Bontrager has improved the rear wheel lacing pattern of Race, Race Lite, and Race X Lite road wheels. While the previous versions of these wheels used 24 spokes, radially laced on the non-drive side and two-cross on the drive side, the new version uses 20 spokes laced in a single-cross pattern on both sides. Where the old design only had six pulling spokes (all of them on the drive side), the new single-cross pattern creates five pulling spokes on each side of the hub, for a total of ten pulling spokes. This 66% increase in pulling spokes improves durability and lateral stiffness under power.

The man behind PezCyclingNews.com himself, Richard Pestes, spent some quality riding time with a set of Bontrager Race XXX Lite wheels and wrote a thoroughly researched review.