What the… where’s your beloved weekly Friday Five-a-side gear roundup?! Well, we’ve decided to kick things up a notch and ring the changes with a new name. It’s still the end of another toilsome work-week, but from here on in we're bringing you a look at eleven pieces of new kit to whet your gear appetite.
New mountain bike gear
Fulcrum focuses on low weight for the Red Passion wheels with shallow-profile asymmetrical aluminum rims, lots of material milled out between the spokes, carbon fibre hub bodies, and double-butted stainless steel spokes. Fulcrum hasn’t skimped much on width, either, with 21mm of space in between the bead hooks – good enough for XC and trail use – and easy tubeless compatibility.
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Splined alloy nipple bode well for long-term durability and the ultra-smooth traditional cup-and-cone bearings incorporate handy threaded preloaded adjusters for a perfect spin. Naturally, the hubs can be converted between quick-release and thru-axle fitments, and between standard SRAM/Shimano and SRAM XD driver bodies.
Actual weight for our 29er test set is just 1,477g (667g front, 810g rear, including rim tape and tubeless valves). Despite that impressive weight, the Red Fulcrums are comparatively well priced – perhaps a nice side effect of the growing popularity of carbon wheels.
US$1,160 / £800 / €1,030 / AU$1,550
- Answer ProTaper Carbon SL handlebar: US$195 / £130 / €197 / AU$280
- Answer AME stem: US$80 / £53 / €81 / AU$115
- Answer Rove R2 pedals: US$115 / £77 / €116 / AU$166
New road bike gear
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