Fulcrum Racing Quattro Wheels

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do not hassle you to jump about and sprint up climbs like lighter wheels do, but then once they are up and rolling they do hold their speed well, helped by that deeper section with its aerodynamic efficiency but also by their impeccable behaviour across the ever changing surface of British roads.

Indeed these wheels are at their best at speed in a big gear, hammering along, when they can just cope with anything. They always behave themselves even in the hardest of cornering situations, don’t skip at all and inspire confidence that the ride of other wheels is often too ‘busy’ to provide. In a do-it-all wheel, this is a much appreciated trait.

The Racing Quattro’s good manners are most notable on downhills where these wheels like to get up to a high speed quickly and stay there; the weight, rim profile and confident ride mean that they are a fast descending wheel.

So we now know that they are bit heavy; but they are low cost, high quality, have noteworthy technology, should offer good durability, are super stiff and have impeccable road manners. They are starting to make more sense but who do they make sense for?

Well I have it on good authority that, in the US where the crits are often run on flat industrial estates with wide open, fast corners necessitating little change in speed, these wheels are a bit of a hit. I

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have not had a chance to put this to the test myself though but a trip to West London’s Hillingdon circuit would soon provide the answer with a crit run off at an average of 26mph or more (I’ll update the article should that happen before the wheels have to go back).

We also know that they are liked by cyclo-cross racers but Fulcrum actually offer a specific, double sealed cyclo-cross (or winter training) version, where the 35mm rim offers other advantages to mud-pluggers.

Our man, Hallett also loved these wheels as you could tell in his preview article here. And they definitely suit the Hallett style of rider. If you are a big, fairly powerful tester (time-trialist) then you will love these wheels. Once you get them rolling they will hold your speed nicely and as discussed reward you with a solid, dependable ride. The Quattros also weigh about the same as a pair of very deep carbon TT wheels (85mm), so might make sense as a tester’s training wheelset.

If you are a sprinter you’ll love the stiffness, inspiring confidence to go for it knowing your wheels and brakes aren’t for once conspiring against you. However, in all but the fastest of sprints, you are not going to be overjoyed with the acceleration, which is average and you will notice the weight in a sprint from a low starting speed or which is slightly uphill.

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Fulcrum Racing Quattro’s rear hub

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