We have some new wheels for deep pockets this week. If you’re sticking to the road, may we suggest the latest wheels from Lightweight, which manage to shave 130g off their predecessors? Yours for just £8,799/$10,895.
If you prefer gravel, DT Swiss has two new rim profiles to suit your riding style, each lighter and more aero than its predecessor. A little less expensive than the Lightweight offering, but still attractive enough for a set of wheels that will take a hammering.
Just in case you haven’t noticed, the Giro d’Italia is over, although that hasn’t stopped the pink parts from pouring in. You can have Tadej’s pink sun or, more precisely, his pink desk.
Which can sit well on the retro Concor saddle released this week by Selle San Marco in collaboration with l’Eroica.
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The lightweight has a new off-road wheelset: the Fernweg Evo Pro. If your Lightweight wheels aren’t light enough, the new wheels manage to shave 130g off the non-Pro version, plus they add CeramicSpeed bearings. It has the same carbon spokes and you can choose between three logo color options.
You can also have a 65mm or 85mm deep profile, which Lightweight says are both designed to improve wind resistance. The 65mm deep wheels weigh in at 1,565g, while the 85mm deep wheels increase that to 1,665g.
Lightweight reckons that, despite the weight loss, the new wheels are just as stiff and strong as their predecessors, and says they’re aimed at road riders who want the best rather than triathletes and time trialists.
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Prices are from a potentially devastating £8,799/$10,895. That kind of money buys you a whole Van Rysel RCR Pro…
DT Swiss adds new aero gravel wheels for adventurers and racers
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DT Swiss has split the gravel world into adventurers and racers and has a new wheelset for each – or actually six sets, as there are two hub classes plus a 650b option on each hub, all sharing one of two new profiles of the carbon rim.
The GRC Dicut 50 is designed for gravel racers, with DT claiming aero benefits for the 50mm deep rim over the previous generation GRC 1400 Spline 42 wheelset. The new rim profile is also said to be more stable in winds the opposite. In the hotter 180 Dicut hubs, the GRC 1100 Dicut 50 wheelset has a claimed weight of 1,567g and a price tag of $2,990.80 / £2,299.98 / €2,499.80.
For bikepacking and less competitive use, the GRC Dicut 30 wheelset has a lower profile rim, still with claimed aero benefits and a weight that drops to 1,350g, but at the same price. It is available in 650b and 700c diameter. As a bonus, there’s a new HGC 1400 Spline 30mm deep wheelset, beefed up with additional rear wheel spokes and stronger hubs for electric gravel bike riders.
DT has switched to new 24mm internal width wheels, so its entire range of road and gravel wheels are now connected. He says the hooks provide better support and security for gravel tires and that they are also more aero.
You can read our first ride review of the new GRC 1100 Dicut 50 wheelset here.
The remains of the seats and the sun turn pink
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If you suffer from Corsa Rosa attraction now that the Giro is over, fear not as there is a steady stream of pink merchandise flowing out. Witness the pink edition of the Teosport Seatpost, ridden for 3,400 kilometers by Tadej Pogačar and the rest of the United Arab Emirates team.
The Teosport TruFlo Air Light liner is claimed to be breathable, lightweight, ergonomic and innovative, with a lightweight support foam core.
Teosport haven’t assumed you’ll want to rip your pad out of your shorts and sew a new pink one, so they supply the pad ready-to-sewn into a pair of Pissei shorts, again as worn by Pog, but in black and not pink. It’s attached to the shorts in three points, which Teosport says adds comfort, improves ventilation and ensures quick drying.
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If you want clearer Pog branding on your ride, which is easier to show off to your travel buddies, we’d recommend Scicon’s limited edition pink fluo sunnies. Perhaps a little too pink to match the rest of his outfit, the pink frames are available on the Aeroscope, AeroShade XL and AeroShade Kunken models, with the glasses supplied with a spare lens – pink, of course.
A retro saddle for your Eroica bike
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Take a look at any bike from the 70s and it’s more than likely that its steel frame with non-indexed tube shifters will be fitted with a distinctive wavy saddle, the Selle San Marco Concor. It’s actually been 50 years since the Concor was first introduced, with its new shape holding you in place better than the flat, slippery, unpadded numbers that preceded it.
To celebrate, the Italian saddle brand, which was founded in 1935, has launched the Concor 50 Eroica, a co-branded effort with the vintage Eroica series of bikes. If your 1970s bike needs a new San Marco Concor saddle, it’s available as a limited edition to buy on the Selle San Marco website, Eroica outlets and some bike shops .
Selle San Marco quotes a weight of 300g for the leather-covered saddle, which is 265mm long and 140mm wide. It sits on suitably retro carbon steel rails – no fancy titanium or carbon fiber here. The recommended retail price is €124.90.
Selle San Marco has a line in retro parts, with the more widely available Concor Supercorsa Le Rino also adopting the Concor shape. You can finish off your retro build with a matching roll of Bottega Leather tape.
