Lightweight Ventoux 190 III Tubular Front Wheel

Lightweight Ventoux 190 III Tubular Front Wheel. Lightweight Ventoux 190 III Tubular Front Wheel: Heinz Obermayer, inventor and designer of the world's first all carbon fibre wheelset has developed a new groundbreaking set of wheels: the “Ventoux. Lightweight wheels have a renowned reputation within the pro peloton with many of the big names wanting to ride them during the big pro tours. The wheels first gained their fame after Bjarne Riis rode them to his 1996 Tour de France victory and have played a major role in every Tour win since. Many top names within the peloton including Armstrong, Pantani, and Ullrich have all purchased and used these wheels in major Tour and World Championship victories. One instance of this, which was captured on film during the 2003 Tour de France involving Lance Armstrong, Iban Mayo and Jan Ullrich, was on the penultimate climb of the stage. The now famous photograph showed Lance and Iban on the floor, brought down by a spectator watching by the side of the road, with Jan leaning heavily to his left to avoid hitting them both. If you look at Jan's bike it clearly displays a set of 53mm deep section Lightweight wheels and proving that no better evidence exists of the seemingly impossible balance of stiffness, lightness, aerodynamics, and toughness offered by Lightweight.Lightweight wheels are 100% handmade in Germany with their quality and reliability setting them way above their competitors. They take the all-carbon wheel in a direction no other wheel manufacturer has gone. Lightweight laminate the carbon/kevlar spokes directly into the hub and rim, and all wheels are equipped with a memory chip. These chips store data tracking each wheel's manufacturing history, including serial number and production data. The chips weigh only 0.2g and can facilitate top level service. With all this in mind these wheels have become a must-have wheelset of the professional peloton and riders personally purchasing a set, at full retail price, for themselves to use in specific stages of all the big tours.You can see more evidence of their usage by the pro peloton when you look back in time at other major events. In 2002 Mario Cipollini won the 2002 World Championships on a set, Lance Armstrong also rode to victory in the 2002 Tour de France on a set, most noticeably on the worst mountain stages and Team Bianchi in 2003 and T-Mobile in 2004 utilising them nearly exclusively for all applications in the Tour.The benefit of a pair of Lightweight wheels is not just going uphill or on the flat, it's also when descending at high speed when their perfect balance reduces gyroscopic effects and enhances the bikes handling. This was one of the main benefits to a certain great climber who had difficulty getting back down the other side after destroying riders going up the climb!Lightweight Ventoux features an extremely light, low profile rim which is the main key to this wheelset's sensationally low weight. But it's not low weight alone that makes these wheels accelerate like no other: Reduced mass at the outer perimeter means that less torque is required to bring the wheel up to speed. Thus, these wheels accelerate even faster than the scales alone would have led you to predict.Lightweight Ventoux is no aero wheelset, but they still paid careful attention to aerodynamics when developing these wheels. Despite its lower profile the rim has an aerodynamic tear shape. The 20 carbon fibre spokes feature the same lens shape as on our aero wheels. Spoke count is significantly lower than with other manufacturers' wheelsets with low profile rims, again improving aerodynamics. Even when riding extremely light weight wheels aerodynamic properties can be the decisive factor towards winning a race.Lightweight Ventoux wheels feel right at home at high altitudes, but they will certainly see lots of use in the classics season. Whenever the least possible weight and explosive acceleration are the key, there is only one obvious wheel choice! A record-breaking weight, for the wheelset, of only 950g (2.09 lbs) combined with 20 tough fibre spokes give you unparalleled climbing power.Generation III of our wheelsets uses new spokes which are completely made from carbon fibre. Thus the wheels are 30% stiffer than the previous version with aramid/carbon fibre mix. Aside from the enormously increased rigidity the new all-carbon fibre spokes offer marked improvements in three important fields: tensile strength, notched bar impact testing and spoke pull-out. So far the use of these spokes was technically not possible. By means of a new, secret production procedure our wheelsets with deep-section rims can now be equipped with these stronger all-carbon fibre spokes. Thus, the current generation III wheelsets are 30% stiffer than those of the 2nd generation, and 40% stiffer than Lightweight original wheels. The third generation wheelsetEven further weight reductions combined with markedly improved stiffnessFront wheel equipped with Lightweight hubsFront wheel spoke count: 20Max rider weight: 110kgApplication: AllroundTubular: YesClincher: NoRim dimensions: 27mm/19.5mm

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