Dutch company 2-Spoke recently sent sister publication 220Triathlon a set of its unusual — no prizes for clever marketing here — two spoke carbon wheels for review and as fans of unusual new tech, BikeRadar pulled them aside to see what all the fuss was about.
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Aimed squarely (roundly?) at the time trial and triathlon market, these wheels claim not only to be the fastest wheels available, but that they “generate speed” in crosswinds.
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Although the wheels may resemble the slightly lumpen looks of a MK1 Fiesta steering wheel, 2-Spoke claims that the M5 Two Spoke has “the lowest air resistance of all existing wheels compared to 12 or 16 steel bladed spokes or 3, 4, 5, or 6 carbon bladed wheels and even disc wheels.”
In real world terms — though we have doubts that most riders would be able to maintain such a pace — the 2-Spoke M5 wheels are claimed to save up to two and a half minutes over a ‘typical’ carbon three spoke wheel in a one hour time trial when averaging 51km/h.
In independent testing, the 2-Spoke M5 was also shown to be the best performing in a series of crosswind “ramp time” tests — the measurement of how long it takes for a wheel to slow down from a starting speed to a determined minimum speed, e.g. 56km/h to 26km/h, in a 90-degree crosswind.
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