Fulcrum Racing Quattro Wheels

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If you’re a climber, looking for extra uphill speed…well best not go there. But everyone, even the latter featherweight group, should consider this £299 wheelset for training or commuting for which its ride and behaviour make it perfect – and its weight may help you build a bit extra power.

Easy pinch bolt hub adjustment

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Plus every rider can use these for racing if need be. The ride and stiffness, the quality and longevity, and the peace of mind will more than make up for any excess weight on all but the most hilly of courses. This is a great do-it-all wheelset.

Clever design means maintenance will be straight forward. Note aluminium axle.

But I have to end by examining that weight as I know its what you’ll be thinking about, but it is after all just 1800g and this is how I came to rationalise it. For a bit more money you can get a wheelset of around 1500g but it is going to cost you more dosh, probably won’t ride as well, will be less aero and will be no where near as high quality.

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And how heavy are you as a cyclist? Is 300g all that important when you could easily lose 2kgs of bodyfat? “Ah,” I hear you say, “But its rotating weight.” Yes but still, rotating or not, 300g is not going to make as much difference to any cyclist’s performances as a couple less kilos bodyfat.

Fulcrum’s quality industrial bearings
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So am I now a man who would ride Campag, albeit labelled Fulcrum, wheels on his Shimano equipped bike? Too right I am – proof that their clever branding ploy worked.

Fulcrum Wheels
 
i-ride (Fulcrum UK)
 
Words by Simon Whiten