EB17: Stan’s steps up to Podium SRD carbon wheels, gives Sentry, Major, and Baron MK3 upgrade

Written by Zach Overholt Aug 31, 2017 6:23 p.m. ET

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Wearing the SRD badge for the Stan’s Racing Development program, the new Podium SRD is one of their lightest wheels yet. Using an evolution of their RiACT rim shape and carbon layup process, Stan’s says that through optimization of the layup they were able to remove one ply resulting in an impressive 1287g weight for a 29er wheelset.

Available only in 29″, Stan’s claims that the SRD rim is the lightest they’ve produced at 300g, yet deflects 11% more than the Valor and is 15% more stiff laterally. Measuring 23mm internally, 28.1mm externally, and 18.7mm deep, the rim continues with their BST and WideRight designs, and is laced to their NEO Ultimate hubs with Speedsync freehub. Hubs are stock as 15×100 and 12×142 with additional end caps for QR

Each wheel is laced with 24/28 Sapim 1.8/1.5/1.8mm spokes and Secure Lock Alloy nipples. Complete wheelsets run $1995 and include a wheel bag, small parts back, replacement spokes and a tension read out.

Rim Internal Width: 32.0mm
Rim External Width: 35.4mm
Rim Depth: 17.6mm
Spokes: Sapim Force Black 2.0/1.7/1.8mm
Nipples: Sapim Secure Lock Alloy Black
Hub: Neo
Hole Count: 32-hole, 32-hole
Drilling Style: Symmetrical
Rim Material: 6069 Aluminum Alloy
Hub Color: Black
Rim Color: Black
Brakes: Disc only
Wheelset Weight: 1817g (26”) / 1876g (27.5″) / 1963g (29″)
Rim Weight: 498g (26″) / 521g(27.5″) / 556g (29″)
ERD: 540mm (26″) / 565mm (27.5″) / 603mm (29″)

Rim Internal Width: 35.0mm
Rim External Width: 38.4mm
Rim Depth: 18.1mm
Spokes: Sapim Force Black 2.0/1.7/1.8mm
Nipples: Sapim Secure Lock Alloy Black
Hub: Neo
Hole Count: 32-hole, 32-hole
Drilling Style: Symmetrical
Rim Material: 6069 Aluminum Alloy
Hub Color: Black
Rim Color: Black
Brakes: Disc only
Wheelset Weight: 1867g (26”) / 1928g (27.5″) / 2017g (29″)
Rim Weight: 523g (26″) / 547g(27.5″) / 583g (29″)

Rim Internal Width: 38.0mm
Rim External Width: 41.4mm
Rim Depth: 18.6mm
Spokes: Sapim Force Black 2.0/1.7/1.8mm
Nipples: Sapim Secure Lock Alloy Black
Hub: Neo
Hole Count: 32-hole, 32-hole
Drilling Style: Symmetrical
Rim Material: 6069 Aluminum Alloy
Hub Color: Black
Rim Color: Black
Brakes: Disc only
Wheelset Weight: 1879g (26”) / 1942g (27.5″) / 2031g (29″)
Rim Weight: 529g (26″) / 554g(27.5″) / 590g (29″)

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sryman76

7 years ago

What is the rider weight limit for the podium wheelset?

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Zach Overholt

7 years ago

Reply to sryman76

Good call – meant to add that in there. It’s 190lbs (86 kilo)

Ryan

7 years ago

What are the tire size and pressure limits on the podium? These would be awesome with 30c tires at 60psi.

Eugene Chan

7 years ago

Reply to Ryan

Ryan that was my thought as well. Super light wheels with 28c tires around 60-65psi would be great on my Emonda Disc provided there are endcaps for 12x100mm TA.

EcoRacer

7 years ago

Reply to Eugene Chan

23mm internal width rims and 28 or 30mm wide tires is not that good of a combo from a safety standpoint i would say. 20mm internal rim width rims would be a lot better fit?

ETRTO standards recommend max. rim width to about 65% of the tire size. Might stretch that to 70% if you feel adventurous. But 80% is just being silly.

ascarlarkinyar

7 years ago

Reply to EcoRacer

I have been riding 28-32mm tires on my original edge carbon rims with no problems for many years now, they are the same size. Works great for CX as well.

Researcher

7 years ago

Reply to EcoRacer

Ecoracer,

Zipp’s new wheels, introduced at EB2017 (find the link here on bikerumor):

Quote: “They have a 21mm internal width for 202 & 303 (28mm tire optimized), and 19mm for 404 & 808 (25mm optimized tire). They say they prototyped several widths and shapes to offer the best application specific tire sizes and this was the result.”

So Zipp says that their 202 & 303 rims are optimized for 75% of tire size. Their 404 & 808 rims are optimized for 76% of tire size. Yet you call might call that silly.

Maybe Zipp should have asked you before they built their rims!

alloycowboy

7 years ago

Here is some feed back for Stan’s Notubes:

1.) Graphics-> can we have simple and understated graphics on the rims. Stan’s makes the best rims in the world and doesn’t need NASCAR style graphics to market their rims. Could we just have in a simple hand written font “Stan’s Notubes Podium SRD” silk screened on the rims. This would make for a nice, simple, elegant, and light weight graphic.

2.) Good Vibrations-> Materials Sciences Corporation of Horsham Pennsylvania has vibration damping technology called Countervail which for some reason has not been applied to carbon rims yet. As the market gets flooded with carbon rims this would be a great differentiator for Stan’s Notubes carbon rims. Not to mention these boys are right in your back yard, 242 Miles away, you could be there by lunch time.
http://www.countervailproducts.com