Our 363 Gram Project Wheel

Our new project wheel, debuted at this year’s Interbike, is one of the lightest, if not the lightest bicycle wheel ever produced. Weighing in at an almost beyond belief 363 grams the 700c front wheel is nearly 100 grams lighter than most popular aluminum rims -- it is seriously light!

But, as our founder, chief engineer, and fearless leader Rafe Schlanger says, “The wheel is no fragile museum piece, it has all of the sturdiness one would expect in a Topolino racing wheel.” Twenty of our signature through-the-hub carbon/Kevlar hybrid-fiber spokes and a robust, low-profile, carbon rim create a wheel that is deceptively strong and flex free. Lightweight is not, in this case, synonymous with delicate.

The hub, also a prototype, relies heavily on our race proven Carbon-Core technology featured on over half of our current product lineup. Full-ceramic bearings and some other top secret tweaks make this wheel truly high-end. A complete wheelset is slated to weigh about 840 grams – talk about lust-worthy!

The wheel is still in the prototype phase serving as a test bed for a variety of new advances currently in development. But, as Rafe says, “We anticipate bringing these technologies into our lineup in the future.” Because who wouldn’t want a wheelset that weighs little more than three of your favorite cycling magazines?