SHIMANO C32 TUBELESS WHEEL FRONT
Regular price $699.99
Shimano has brought full carbon wheels to a new level. With a development concept shared with DURA-ACE and ULTEGRA, the new full carbon wheels offer balanced performance at a lower price. The C32, with its focus on acceleration and climbing, shares DNA with the C36 DURA-ACE and ULTEGRA wheel options.
OTHER TECHNOLOGY
CENTER LOCK
The CENTER LOCK system makes an easy rotor installation possible with spline mount and a lock ring. The lock ring mounting system reduces the total working hours by shortening the amount of time of both installation and de-installation. In addition, the secure fixing by the spline mount enhances precision and rigidity while improving braking efficiency.
Benefits & Features
・ Light weight
・ Center Lock compatible hub has only spline mount and a lock ring. This means the lightweight of hub and rotor compared to 6-bolt mount system.
・ Lock ring rotor mounting system
・ Allows easier and faster rotor installation. Easy maintenance.
・ Secure fixing by spline mount
・ Improves braking efficiency.
D2 RIM
Aerodynamic performance is affected by wind direction. To create the D2 rim, SHIMANO engineers considered both frontal and cross winds, aiming to achieve optimal performance in real-world riding conditions. Extensive prototype testing, in the wind-tunnel and on the road, proved that a wide rim shape with a deep tire bed performs best across a wide range of conditions. At yaw angles ranging from 0 to 15 degrees, the SHIMANO D2 rim profile reduces air drag better than others aero shape rims. This rim design also boosts lateral wheel stiffness and offers improved vertical compliance for increased control, comfort and durability on the road.
Aerodynamics
Compared to the conventional product C40-TL, air resistance has been reduced at all yaw angles on C36-TL, which has about the same rim height. In the conversion method that considers the direction of the winds received under actual running conditions*, the drag has been reduced by about 3 W.
Of course, air resistance has been further reduced on both C50-TL and C60-HR-TL.
* Calculated by weighted averaging the air resistance values measured in wind tunnel tests with the wind direction ratio of the winds received during running. The wind direction ratio is obtained by actually measuring, with an ultrasonic anemometer, the direction of the winds received by a rider when traveling at a speed of around 48 km/h in an environment with a wind velocity of 3 to 5 m/s.