EB15: Bike Ahead’s 1kg AC One XC Wheelset, plus more for Road and Trail

just make sure not to crash…or get a flat in a rocky section…or break a spoke.

I can feel my growth plates breaking again as if I were on those plastic bmx wheels of my youth.

Not at €3300/€3700 it won’t 😉

Finally a light weight Carbon Wheel … a tiny bit pricey though (!…!)

If I could afford these I would buy some. They look so cool.

@JBikes, traditional spokes mean easy wheel truing, easy spoke replacement, and cost effectiveness related to both of those.

Can we get some clarity here? Are these 1000g for one wheel, or for the set?

Basically like the Reynolds RZR so it seems possible with “truing” only needed during initial fabrication – but as Alan M stated, not a cheap process by any means.

@JBikes If any one part of the wheel fails it’s a write off. Normally if you dish a rim, break a spoke or damage a hub, you only have to replace the damaged part not the entire wheel.

@Andrew – good points, and I am not sure I’d want something like that for MTB. But for road, rim damage is probably unlikely and hubs could be made to be replaceable (at least the mechanical components). I don’t see a large spoke like that getting damaged unless something really goes wrong. Obviously, not a training wheel set, but for racing (given they are aero enough)? We basically do it with structural carbon dish wheels.

My only concern is. Would they be too stiff? Therefore creating a harsh ride. Or even affecting the handling of your bike. For better or worse? I don’t know. Many top pro mtn bikers say that regular carbon wheels are too stiff. I can’t see how these would have much compliance in any direction.

Could be fine for XC MTB if you only ride groomed trails/ race courses. For real world riding with fallen branches and loose babyheads, not so much.

JP – Nothing wrong with being old (or young) and spending some excess funds on your hobby, even if your not someone that can really take advantage of it. Personal satisfaction should be all the justification any us should need. And if you don’t have the funds, who cares. We all ride what we can because we like it.

Same argument comes up in motorcycles.
Why do street bikes get forge aluminium or magnesium wheels while dirt bikes and adventure bikes get spoked wheels?
Spoked wheels can take more abuse, flex more to absorb large impacts, and are much easier to repair.

The main advantage of our wheels is the combination of lightweight and a superb lateral stiffness. So the stiffness to weight ratio is unmatched from any conventional spoked wheel on the market.
I absolutely understand the scepticism about the strength and durability, but our wheels are really not fragile. Hard to proof this here, but I think our customers are quite satisfied. We are on the market since 2011 and have around 700 wheelsets out there. I hope this a little argument for our products and that we are not high-flyers who buy fancy stuff in asia.
Really everything from the first sketch to serial production is done in-house in Germany.

@bike-ahead, you have some info on the aerodynamics of the Biturbo Road? Would be a shame to spend all this money and fall behind a set of Mavic Aksiums.

Our biturboROAD wheelset respects the laws of aerodynamics, but it is no aero time trial wheelset. What I mean is the fact, that the wheelset is a perfect allrounder on the road with a superb stiffness to weight ratio.
Of course, we have done tests in a scale windtunnel. The test in a real windtunnel is coming up in December.

Christian

I believe these wheels are stiff but how about vertical compliance ie. will they ride like wagon wheels or more like spoked wheels?

Any data?

If I put these on a dual suspended mountain bike and run 2.25 tires, how could the wheels be ‘too stiff’. Maybe on a fully rigid hardtail running 1.9 semi-slicks. But other wise bring on the stiffness and no broken spokes!!! (A Christian, if you’re looking for a spokesman, I’m right here baby!!)