Our latest design of lightweight 30mm deep, tubeless compatible, carbon wheels for racing, sportives or just recreational riding. weight can be as low as 1320g. New style of construction and brake track. Handbuilt in the UK by a professional wheelbuilder rather than by a machine. 

Rims are produced by Carbonal to our spec. 100% Toray carbon fibre incorporating a titanium reinforcing band. Mix of Toray T800 and T700 carbon weaves for improved stiffness and resiliance, Brand new high heat resistant resin/cloth used in brake track area rather than the more common 'basalt' layer. These rims have a brake track resistant to temperatures of 255oC (our standard rims with basalt brake track are 210oC resistant and cheap carbon rims can be as low as 150oC resistance). This is the same technology as used by the top brands costing £2000+. The brake track looks pretty smart as well! 

30mm deep 'U' shaped aero section 25mm wide at the brake track and 28mm wide at the mid-point in the section. The increased width gives a bigger contact area for the tyre on the road, improves the aero performance by being the same width as the most commonly used 25mm tyre size and improves ride quality. 

The rims can be used with tubed tyres or tubeless with the appropriate rim tape and valves.

Suitable for road tyres from 23mm - 30mm width and CX clinchers. 

Choice of 20/24 spokes or 24/28 spokes depending on rider weight. Max recommended rider weight 100kg.

Rim brakes only and a carbon specific brake pad must be used. We recommend the SwissStop yellow or Black Prince brake pads for the best performance. (Mavic yellow brake pads are made by SwissStop and seem to be identical). We use Black Prince.

Carbon clincher rims (of all types from £250-£2500) can suffer from brake track problems if heat is allowed to build up by long periods of gentle 'comfort' braking. Avoid this by braking harder for a shorter period of time. These rims minimise the risk but if you are uncomfortable using this technique we suggest looking at alloy wheel alternatives.  

The spokes are super high quality Belgian made silver Sapim CX Ray bladed spokes in silver fastened by silver Sapim 14mm alloy nipples. CX Ray spokes are among the lightest spokes available but have great strength and aero properties. Unfortunately they are also rather expensive! 

Cheaper wheelsets built in the Far East generally use much cheaper and less efficient spokes.

The wheels are built using a radial pattern at the front for lowest weight and better aero performance and 2x/2x at the rear for strength and reliable power transmission.

Total wheelset weight of the 20/24 spoke version pictured is 1335g. With the optional lighter hubs this can be reduced to as low as 1320g. 

Please note that the wheels in the photos are a custom set and have the optional black spokes and black coloured spoke nipples - see below.

Options:

ERASE hubs (very high quality hubs handmade in Belgium) +£195

Hope RS4 hubs +£125

Bitex RAF10/RAR9 hubs (15g lighter) +£45

Black CX Ray spokes - as pictured - +£20

Coloured alloy spoke nipples - as pictured - choice of gold, orange, green, red, blue, purple or black +£16

There are also options for cheaper round spokes - please contact us for details.

Tubeless set-up with Orange Seal rim tape and tubeless valves +£22

Swisstop Black Prince carbon brake pads +£30 Shimano/SRAM or £36 Campag

All our wheels are handbuilt to the same high standards. The wheels are trued to within +or- 0.2mm and spokes uniformly tensioned to within 5% a side.

Please look at the other wheelsets and products available in our shop. If you are looking for something special or have specific needs, please contact us for a custom build quote via www.spokesmanwheels.co.uk 

If you have any questions please ask. Thanks for looking,

Mark