An example of a bicycle built primarily of carbon fiber is a carbon road bike. Despite being quite light, it is incredibly powerful. Because they are quick and easy to manage, these bikes are ideal for riding on smooth roads. Their exceptional comfort level makes them a popular choice for riders who wish to cover long distances. Riding on this carbon frame road bike feels smooth because of its carbon frame, which cushions impact from the road. These are fantastic carbon frame road bikes, whether you're riding them for fun, racing, or commuting.

Specialization of Carbon Road Bike A carbon road bike boasts lightweight construction thanks to the manufacturer or seller for its carbon fiber frame, offering remarkable strength and agility. Ideal for smooth pavement, it provides a fast, responsive ride. Their aerodynamic design allows for swift acceleration and easy handling on roads, making them favored by cyclists seeking speed and performance. Carbon road bikes are synonymous with superior quality, comfort, and versatility in the cycling world.

In the fun world of biking, having really light wheels can make a big difference. It doesn't matter if you ride just for fun or you're a super-fast racer, choosing lightweight wheels can make your biking time way more enjoyable. Let's chat about why these super light wheels are so awesome!

Speedy Takeoff: Light Weight Wheels help you go faster! These light wheels help you start pedaling fast and go faster quickly. So, if you're going up a hill or racing on a straight road, these wheels can make you feel like a biking superhero.

Easy Turns and Moves: Light wheels make your bike easy to handle. They help you turn corners smoothly and move around with ease. It's like having a superpower for your bike – you can go wherever you want, and it feels awesome!

Pedal with Less Effort: These light wheels save your energy. You can pedal with less effort and still go super fast. It's like having a secret weapon that helps you ride longer without getting tired.

Climbing Hills Made Easier: Going up hills can be tough, but not with light wheels! They make it easier to pedal uphill. So, you can conquer those big hills without feeling too tired. It's like having magic wheels that help you climb like a champ!

Smooth and Comfy Ride: Light wheels also make your ride super smooth. You won't notice the bumps on the road much, making your bike ride more comfortable. Whether it's a quick spin or a long journey, it's just more enjoyable with these fantastic wheels.

Even if you're new to riding, many of you obviously have an idea that brakes are the most fundamental constituent of any bike. Your life depends on it! They must be in an immaculate condition, up to date, and properly adjusted every time you hit the road. Braking components are designed with exact clearances to respond rapidly and capably to your commands. Over time and obvious wear and tear, braking systems usually lose their tightness. This leads to longer reaction times of cycle wheels, less capable braking and control. If you ride hard and/or repeatedly, you have got to test out your brakes more often.

Are your brakes working fine at every ride? Would you get it working when you need it most? What must be examined? The brake levers get jammed up with slush and dirt. They can slide out of place from your handlebars. Brake pads can wear and jolted out of place in due course because of normal use. This leads to sluggish brake reaction, and requires much more effort to employ the brakes. Braking assemblies counting the brake shoes, arms, as well as the pads shouldn't be installed erroneously or be slipped out of suitable place as a result of forceful rides, or collisions. They should be checked to make sure that Chinese carbon wheels move liberally and are properly positioned.

If you are planning to purchase a new bike you probably already know that there are two types to choose from - aluminum and carbon fiber bike frames. So, what is the difference and which one is best for your bike riding needs?

Weight

It’s no secret that carbon fiber bike frames are lighter than aluminum bikes. Due to the way the bikes are made, it is easier to create a bike from carbon and make it as light as possible. This can most definitely help with your performance.

Durability

Carbon fiber bike frames and carbon mtb wheels are also known to be much more durable than aluminum bikes. Aluminum wheels can easily be bent or damaged when a cyclist hits something on the street. A carbon fiber bike is less likely to be damaged.

Comfort

As a cyclist, comfort is one of the most important factors. Carbon mtb wheels are much smoother than aluminum wheels. They can block any vibrations, as opposed to aluminum wheels.

Choosing a Bike for You

When choosing your bicycle, you have to select which one is best for you. You must consider all factors including comfort and price. A carbon bike may or may not be comfortable for you, and it might meet your budget. If you are in the market for a new bike you want to talk to one of our professionals.

At Carbon Speed Cycle our team can help you determine which bike or wheels are best for your needs. They will work with you to choose the best bike and/ or wheels. They are also available to answer any questions you might have.

  Simon Whiten

  Preview of the aero 3T Accelero 40 Pro Wheels

  3T claim that the Accelero 40 Pro is the ‘first all-purpose wheel to offer a real aero benefit’.

  At first glance you may think these are just another set of deep section, aluminium rimmed wheels of which we have a few in at present – the Fulcrum Racing Quattros, the Dura-Ace C35s, the Spada Brevo Forgiato, Rolf Prima Vigor – but get to grips with the 3T Acceleros and it’s immediately clear that these have a bit more to them than that – literally. To my knowledge they are quite simply the widest rimmed aluminium road racing wheels we have had in to date, some 23mm at the brake track.  

3T Accelero 40 Stealth Wheels

  That is significantly wider than either the Fulcrums or the Spadas, but just over two millimeters wider than the Dura-Ace C35s and only a single millimeter wider than the Rolf Prima Vigor wheels that Mark tested recently. That’s not much, but the real difference is in the rim profile, which is not like the V-shape of the other wheels, even the Vigor’s widened V-shape, but is much more of a fat and stubby, U-shape, mimicking that of the modern carbon, aero wheels that everyone is raving about. This fact on it’s own got us quite excited about the Acceleros.  

3T Accelero 40 Wheels sport a 37mm deep aluminium rim

  The aluminium rim is not only broader than most of the competition, it’s also deeper at 37mm, close enough to 40 to justify 3T’s model designation. Most other aluminium wheels stay as close to a 30mm deep rim as possible in order to keep the weight down. 3T have been very brave here and, seeking true aero performance, have added a bit extra to get that perfect aero shape, ‘the same advanced aerodynamic R&D as our carbon-fiber Accelero and Mercurio wheels’.   3T go on to promise that the U-shape produces ‘low drag and stability in all conditions’ which will be good, as even the 35mm deep Dura-Ace C35s and their V-shape do not behave themselves overly well in strong side winds. We’re keen to test this.   Aside form the aero benefit, flexible wheels are not what we want and the extra material should also provide extra stiffness. Of course, it’s always a trade off and what’s not so exciting about the Accelero 40s is the weight at a claimed 1725g; even less so as we got 1829g on our scales.   The promise of aero performance and price of just £399 may well be enough to negate any weight penalty in the minds of many cyclists after a do-it-all wheel. Here, at last, we may just have a genuinely aero do-it-all wheel at a reasonable price; they are a third the price of the Dura-Ace C35s and less than half that of the Rolfs after all.  

Finish of 23mm rim is very high, with even the tape shouting quality

  The rear hub is available as Campagnolo or Shimano/SRAM. Our particular version is the Stealth model which means lots of goes with anything black and white. The 6000-series alloy rim is nicely finished in anodized black, aside from a silver brake track, and is laced, via brass nipples, with black spokes – 18 Pillar PSR triple-butted spokes up front and 24 in the rear – to subtly liveried black 3T hubs, which spin very sweetly. A pair of steel 3T skewers are supplied.   3T offer an extra year’s warranty, free of charge, if you register your wheels with them. Probably worthwhile.  

  Words by Simon Whiten

  Preview of the Spada Breva Forgiato Wheels

  Spada Breva Forgiato Wheels: new for 2014 is the Forgiato range, affordable wheels from Corrado Spada that don’t sacrifice beauty and performance.

  So says the marketing on Spada UK importer, VAM Performance’s website about the Breva Forgiato (forged) wheels. We looked at Spada Wheels before and, though we’ll have to get back to you about the performance, these new ‘budget’ wheels do look mightily impressive. If you have a red and white bike then you will love them. Obviously being from Italy there is a tiny little bit of green thrown in there as well, keeping up the tradition of Italian manufacturers putting il Tricolore onto everything they make, but it isn’t a permanent fixture…  

Spada Breva Forgiato Wheels

  The white hubs and spokes are offset perfectly by the anodised red, aluminium nipples and skewers, all working well with the black rims. I like them a lot. They may be Spada’s more cost effective wheels but they certainly appear to be a quality product. However, in the modern cycling world ‘quality’ should be applied to every detail and on closer inspection of the Breva wheels I am less impressed.  

Forgiato rear hub is very tidy

  Firstly I discover that the flashes of colour – red on the white spokes and white on the red – are just stickers and they are already starting to peel off. The ‘BREVA’ rim decals are also simple stickers which have not been applied properly and have bubbles in them. Worse, the rim tape is a plastic tubeless-ready type but it had not been set properly and in places is doubled over and sticking out. I’m not sure about using it tubeless but the first inner tube I insert goes ‘BANG’ as a result. It’s not a good start. However, as soon as I grip the skewers and spin the wheels all those little niggles are forgotten…  

Rim tape, tubeless ready, was ill fitted

  The lack of ‘rim wobble’ as I spin the front wheel and then the purr from the rear hub, tells me that these are well engineered units. These ‘budget’ wheels are built around the more cost effective Forgiato, or forged, hub but still use the same rim and spokes as Spada’s Crystal series. Apparently each wheel is handmade to order and I’m inclined to believe them.   They are very smooth thanks no doubt to the four sealed ‘industrial’ bearings in the rear and the two in the front hub. The Forgiato hubs are painted white but Spada are keen to tell us that they are still high performing, highly weather proofed and very durable. The front weighs in at 90g and the rear is 250g. The rear cassette body seems to be an aluminium unit which in our experience are not the most durable but time will tell…  

Skewers and hubs look great

  Upfront there are 18 white aero spokes, whereas at the rear there are 24, laced to the 32mm aluminum clincher rims, which may offer some aero benefit. It’s a traditional rim, being narrower than the new on-message wide rims. However, it does look very well made and importantly, looks tough.   Continued overleaf…     As mentioned the wheels come with some quality anodised red, forged alloy skewers and you can tell they are quality as they actually hold the springs in place, which is a nice touch as loosing them is a pain.   Weight for the pair of wheels minus skewers is claimed at a reasonable 1580g per pair; we got 1631g which, whilst not lightweight, for an all-round wheel is spot on. You can add another 94g for the skewers. There is a weight limit on these wheels as well, though at 95kgs it shouldn’t worry too many regular riders.  

White spokes stand out and are guaranteed to get you noticed

  Smooth bearings and well balanced wheels are sure signs that the Breva Forgiato enjoys the same build quality as their top of the range wheels. When it comes to cycling, it has got to be function over looks every time and that, it would appear, is what you get with these wheels; the cost savings have been made on the decals not the important bits.  

Rim width is old school

  So the only real downside to these wheels is that they only come in 10 speed, though much of the target market will still be on 10-speed and we always have a bike to match anyway; luckily in this case it’s also red, black and white.   If the last pair of white spoked wheels we tested are anything to go by then these wheels will get a lot of attention – and these ones should certainly ride well. Look out for a full review soon.     The Spada Breva Forgiato wheels are priced at £545.00.   Spada Wheels   VAM Performance