Vision Adds 40 and 55mm Deep Carbon Wheels, Two Color Schemes

@ Fredrick

In terms of stiffness, I have no idea. I guess they could help for aerodynamics if there is no side wind.

@Fredrick

Google search “spoke shape” you should come across a study done by Zipp that may or may not give you answers. You can also do a google image search for the same key words and you’ll get some interesting graphs.

I agree @Dale. I would be surprised if those are actual weights.

Anyone have personal experience with 2:1 spoke wheels? Marketing hype or a real difference in even spoke tensions while still maintaining lateral strength? Thanks

Additional info on price, rim width, and disc brake compatible.
http://m.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/fsa-vision-metron-carbon-road-cockpit-first-look-36775/

@ VJGoh-The rims are 25mm at the brake track with max width of 26mm for the 40 and 26.5mm for the 55 tubular.
Clinchers are similar width in brake track but have an increased max width to offset aerodynamics with different tire sizes and widths.

BTW, @dislivello,
-the first race Sagan had on the 40’s was Gent and he pulled a TT solo in the end to win by over 20 seconds… would have been more if he didnt stop to pop a wheelie.
-at Panne, Sagan won again except this time on the 55’s.
-Day after at Panne Vivianni took second (to Cav) on the 55’s.
-Sagan took 2nd at Flanders.

And no…. those weights are not correct.

Yeah there’s no way the clinchers are 35g heavier than tubulars.

Clincher weights are way to good to be true. Gotta be a typo.

So the clincher weights are misprinted on http://www.visiontechusa.com. You’d think somebody from the company would at least take a glance at this comment section and fix it. If these weights are correct, then every bike publication would be announcing a major weight/price breakthough for carbon aero cinchers. Obviously, this isn’t the case.

whats a few grams amound friends?

Its the braking surface that I am most concerned with- Does it have one? or is this just an off the shelf Gigantex carbon rim

Just spoke to the distributor in Malaysia about these wheels, it will retail for circa GBP1.6k-1.7k/USD2.5-2.6k), the RRP is much more than the RRP of ZIPP 404 FC Clinchers over here (GBP1.4-1.5k/USD2k-2.1k).

Allegedly, :o), these wheels are team wheels in the currently on-going Giro Italia and if I heard correctly, the/a Canadian team is also sponsored by Vision and they were mighty pleased with the wheels, so much so, that they called the Vision folks when they were at the Taiwan Cyclefest recently to tell them that the wheels were excellent.

The distributor did say take the wheel weight with a pinch of salt. I was thinking maybe add say 10% to it? It’s expected in Malaysia mid-year to Q3. It is 2014 wheels, I saw the specs in the 2014 catalog on the width, etc and the link above is spot on. Ceramic bearings and light carbon clinchers…worth waiting for.