2011 Mad Fiber Road Wheels

[gubaidulina1260]

総重量約1kgはスゴい。剛性高いみたいだから壊れる心配は無い­かもしれないが、ホイールバランスは微妙そう。

[KristianPage]

I mentioned this in another video on Mad Fiber but to date (Feb 2012) I have done about 4,500 km on my Tubulars with ceramic bearings. These are seriously strong and stiff wheels. To the guy who said he would destroy them, I'd love to see it. I live in Thailand and the roads are hell here, especially after it rains. I have punished the hell out of these and they are flawless. Like all deeper rims they can be slightly twitchy in stronger cross winds. These are great strong all rounders.

[lefty6584]

Is there any danger it will suddenly shatter?

[fuelbasti]

Good Idea for spokes but fabric as orientation for a spoke does not make sense. I would prefer the lightweight stuff.

[flyingtigre1]

I personally own Mavic semi monocoat wheels. Carbon fibre. They are super fast. They are tubular like non other.

However in your piece technology I have notice one thing about these types of super light carbon wheels is vibration.

On road surfaces up to full speed and trying to achieve maximum 100 % r.p.m. speed is vibration.

Vibration can be very distracting.

As frame set is carbon fibre as well.

Have you thought of developing a dampening layer in the modulation of construction of your wheel?

[ddpaintballer]

i would destroy those

[jamesashby1571]

but what are they like to ride????

[blackhammer76]

nice I would love to demo some

[minkhaa85]

I cant wait to get a pair of clinchers.

[Gatoona]

How do you install magnets for your computer?

[theblackhand2112]

@Gatoona it says it comes with a magnet



[camaroblackmatte]

recreational only...I don't see Cavendish that rides the stiffest bike, to ride on these set of wheels:)))......it will bend like rubber

[glooer]

@camaroblackmatte astana is riding similar wheels, not the same company but very similar.

[alexapirot32]

Is it possible to see some of those wheels on professional races?

[chokcycles]

Tophe roule avec ces monstres depuis hier. De la BALLE !!

[Mrrandom109]

Omg, you can actually hear the sound resonating through them as he's speaking after 2:10 and 7:50 !!

[Mrrandom109]

These wheels are just beautyfull and mindblowing innovation! I wish them good luck in progress of the company :)

[khaderach19]

guess no powertap on those rear wheels.

[KISSTEFY]

ottimo, !!!!!!

[chicagrapher]

He says "$2600" in the video.

Now they're $2900.

[soulbytes]

Superb Wheels, probably would be more nice if they build the 85-100mm profile :)

[davegoodall72]

AWESOME WHEELS!! I have only been riding them for 2 weeks but I can totally feel the difference

[thisisobvious]

I'm not going to say they would "lead the market", but optimizing the aerodynamics of the wheelset would definitely wield a much more refined and better performing product that would interest a wider range of consumers.

[teokiatuan2]

if they could look into improving the aero profile of the rims , these wheels would be the hands down market leader for performance

[cww1801]

Anyone used these in cx yet?

[antoniomazzaro]

Lightweight wheel from Germany are lighter, stiffer, and the best product on the market.

[glooer]

@antoniomazzaro you can't ignore the price, and on that note, madfiber is about half while with no rider weight limit to boost.

[superfly14d]

Just ordered a set of these two weeks ago after demoing for a couple of rides! Also demo'd 404 tubes and Mavic Ultimates. These wheels were significantly stiffer and faster that than the other two! They freakin' rock!

[mekore]

revolutionary wheel, i must say. The question is how it would break when crashed. The ribbon spokes wont be sharp, but what about the rim? Is it UCI legal yet?

[IchHeiseAndre]

You should also mention the difference ceramic bearings vs standarf bearings. 

[saberliner14]

beautiful wheels. Hjertberg is one hell of a smart guy.

[m015094]

All wheels go untrue even if they are 100 carbon fiber. Not being able to true this means they are worthless once they start to wobble.

[Brycycleification]

@m015094 4 year warranty.

[m015094]

@Brycycleification Yeah, but having to send the wheels back to the factory sucks - especially if you have a race coming up. The only non-adjuustables wheels that I never had a problem with were the Specialized Trispokes (I think they were made by HED, but I can't remember). I think I'll stick to wheels that have nipples.

[m015094]

@Brycycleification That being said...these wheels look awesome. If they weren't $2600/pr I'd have purchased them. I'm thinking more like $1800 to be competitive with Reynolds and Mavics. 

[Brycycleification]

@m015094 the ideal wheel would be: - strong - light - cheap

but in the real world, between those options, choose two.

[WhiteGravey]

already started saving up my pennies hopefully in a few months i will own a pair of these.

[stgma]

technology out of this world!

[dahgutone]

Woah those spokes are wicked

Around $2600 which isn't bad considering what it offers.

But I wouldn't considered it to be bullet proof. If you run into some problems... Don't think your LBS could figure it out.

[TheViciousCyclist]

thanks for the review! I will be placing an order for a set.

[azt3c]

i would like to see it in action, looks awesome thou.

one thing it got my attention is, when you say that it would last 50 years, and as today i knew that carbon fiber tends to become somewhat flexible within 1 or 2 years depending on the usage.

[GPW0000]

@azt3c How do you know that?

[azt3c]

@GPW0000 an ORBEA representative told me not so long ago,

[fcebedo125]

Ric started Wheelsmith and was the brains behind FSA. He is a genius!

[steveo7220phx]

looks so cool and sketchy at the same time

[thewhitemosquito]

Amazing wheels and from a class act like Ric, best of luck to Mad Fiber!!!!

[xximanoobxx]

Looks dangerous though

[xximanoobxx]

Wow this is crazy!