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Watch: FSA SL-K Carbon Wheel Review

Full Speed Ahead, better known as FSA, has been extremely successful making carbon components such as cranks, bars, stems, and carbon road wheels, and they have used their knowledge to produce a line of mountain bike wheels.  This line up consists of their XC Race wheel, the K-Force; the XC model, the SL-K; and the trail-oriented …

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Review: Reynolds 27.5+ Carbon Wheelset Features Hookless Rims

Over the past few years, 27.5+ wheels have come a long way from a DIY conversion project to a full-fledged, standalone wheel standard embraced by nearly every wheel manufacturer on the planet. In the intervening years, companies like Reynolds have tweaked and dialed specs to maximize performance benefits while minimizing the weight penalty. After testing Reynolds’ carbon BLACKLABEL …

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Vittoria First to Use Graphene in Carbon MTB Rims

Graphene is a modern technology wonder, said to be 200 times stronger than steel and yet extremely flexible and lightweight. Vittoria began experimenting with Graphene as a resin additive and found, “Graphene-enhanced composites have 10~30% improved material properties.” Among those improved material properties, the company found the additive made wheels more laterally stiff and that spoke hole strength …

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The All-New 2016 Industry Nine Trail245 Wheelset – A Video Review

Are you looking for a new wheelset? Are you trying to save a few grams, have a stiffer wheel, or maybe just hear that glorious freehub buzz as you fly through the woods? The Industry Nine Trail245 may be the right wheelset for you! The Trail245 is replacing I9’s Trail model, which has been their …

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American Classic Wide Lightning Wheelset Review

Carbon wheels tend to garner most of the attention these days, but the vast majority of riders are still rocking aluminum hoops. American Classic is a big proponent of the metal and of wider rims. As I found with the Wide Lightnings, you don’t need carbon to make a wide, light, and stiff wheel. Specs …

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