Fulcrum Red Carbon MTB Wheelset

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Features 1470 grams of reactivity and performance. The lightest of the Fulcrum wheels and Absalon's choice. The top of the range Fulcrum off-road model implements advanced solutions starting from Ultra-Fit Tubeless technology through to the use of carbon fibre.

And it is thanks to this composite that it has been possible to reduce the weight of the rim. Another contribution to weight reduction is also made by the reduction of eight spokes compared with Red Metal Zero wheels. Four spokes have been removed from the front wheel and four from the rear: as a result the rotating mass is reduced too.

And stability? Don't worry, the 1,470 grams of the Red Carbon wheels are an important result but we also know that lightness is no good without strength. That's why we designed the carbon rims asymmetrically. The rear wheel sees the rim displaced to the right to recover the dish asymmetry caused by the presence of the sprocket set. At the front, the asymmetry is displaced to the disc brake side in order to obtain a wheel which is absolutely consistent when braking too.

The weight of the wheels does not include the quick release, and it refers to the lightest configuration.

Features:

• Ultra-fit Tubeless Technology. Imagine the rim and tyre as a single unit composed of two materials. This is what we wanted to achieve conceptually with Ultra-Fit(TM) Tubeless technology. The rim was developed during the design stage to obtain perfect adherence with the tyre. The consequent elimination of friction makes it possible to improve performance considerably.
• Energy dispersion is drastically reduced by the tubeless tyre. The advantages are indisputable even in terms of practicality. Fitting the tyre is facilitated by the form of the rim while two tracks in the rim groove help keep the type perfectly positioned at all times. Ultra-FitTubeless technology is used in Red Carbon and Red Fire wheels.
• MoMag technology is integrated in wheels which do not have drilling of the top bridge of the rim. The nipples in these wheels are guided to their seat by employing a little magnet. Their accessibility from the outside makes it possible to carry out all the spoke tensioning and replacement operations conveniently. The absence of holes on the rim permits all the original strength to be maintained as well as the use of tubeless tyres. The hermetically sealed valve ensures that the tubeless tyre is kept under pressure.
• The quick-releases make use of the new patented Fulcrum mechanism: a locking lever centred on the axis of the axle. This lever engages both ends of the axle fitted with a cam that exerts the closing traction on the axis, by means of a fork coupling. The synchrony with which the lever fork exerts the torsion on the ends of the eccentric axle makes the operation for locking and releasing the component more fluid, smooth and secure.
• The Axial Fixing SystemTM is the solution developed by Fulcrum to fix the disc brake to the hub. The constraint granted by the butt area of the release mechanism, greater than in familiar standard ones, makes it possible to obtain greater structural rigidity and therefore more precise and powerful braking. The availability of the International Standard option ensures full compatibility of Fulcrum wheels even with the most widespread braking systems that use this assembly plan.
• The hubs designed for Fulcrum