I have this LB trispoke, can’t say anything about is it faster than 80mm wheel or not, next week I will have a time trial, we will see.
Also, what do you think about Princeton Carbon Mach 7850 TS? I think to build disc brake TT/TRI bike and thought to get this one but could not find any aero test.
Mach 7580 TS – Princeton CarbonWorks
I love the look of that wheel! And I’m sure it’s fast. But it definitely does NOT fit the criteria of “cheap tri-spoke” at $2750.
From Oceanside this past weekend:
Still need to tinker with rear bottle position a bit and will probably add a chest bottle or something for certain races.
Not sure it matters but flip the front wheel. It’s turning in wrong direction. I believe this wheel is directional. About picture on the rack shows correct direction.
I do have the same wheel and love it. It’s the only wheel I want to race with.
What size tire and psi are you running on that trispoke?
From Oceanside this past weekend:
Still need to tinker with rear bottle position a bit and will probably add a chest bottle or something for certain races.
Hey Ben! I tested a small 70oz camelback bladder with the two water bottles of fluid in it stuffed down the front of my kit. Brian Stover ran the test. It was a bit faster to neutral to my best base line. So I plan on using it for half and full races and take extraneous bottles off my frame.
Sorry, missed this question earlier!
I’ve been running a 25mm Michelin Power TT with latex tubes. Measures about 28mm inflated. Fairly good aero profile. Maybe a hair big.
Let’s keep the bike evolution rolling! This one is from St. George today. Power never connected to my computer so I don’t have great data but I had a very good ride today relative to a lot of my races. This is an empty 1.5l smartwater bottle down the kit. Fills the space incredibly well when combined with the front bottles. Definitely felt fast.
Photo by Justin Luau
Let’s keep the bike evolution rolling! This one is from St. George today. Power never connected to my computer so I don’t have great data but I had a very good ride today relative to a lot of my races. This is an empty 1.5l smartwater bottle down the kit. Fills the space incredibly well when combined with the front bottles. Definitely felt fast.
Photo by Justin Luau
Nice one! How long do you reckon it took to put it on in T1?
How did your balls like being stomped on by that bottle?
Just kidding. But Joe Skipper’s down-the-trisuit bottle did slide down to torture his minerals, until he adjusted it.
Why not a 2L coke bottle - classier
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How did your balls like being stomped on by that bottle?
Just kidding. But Joe Skipper’s down-the-trisuit bottle did slide down to torture his minerals, until he adjusted it.
Ha. Pretty sure Joe actually had fluid in his. Mine was just an empty plastic bottle and my kit is pretty tight so there was absolutely zero movement.
Took probably 5 seconds to get in there in transition.
Let’s keep the bike evolution rolling! This one is from St. George today. Power never connected to my computer so I don’t have great data but I had a very good ride today relative to a lot of my races. This is an empty 1.5l smartwater bottle down the kit. Fills the space incredibly well when combined with the front bottles. Definitely felt fast.
Photo by Justin Luau
Rear disc change coming up too? Congrats on the Top 10 finish!
Had some bearing issues on the Ron Aeron the week leading up I couldn’t fix in time so had to go back to my PCW and wheel cover. Not a huge fan of the Ron anyways so probably in the market for something else cheap.
Let’s keep the bike evolution rolling! This one is from St. George today. Power never connected to my computer so I don’t have great data but I had a very good ride today relative to a lot of my races. This is an empty 1.5l smartwater bottle down the kit. Fills the space incredibly well when combined with the front bottles. Definitely felt fast.
Photo by Justin Luau
Looking good Ben, real good. It’s too bad your PM didn’t link up. Congrats on the result! You need to get that chin on the bottle with the Aerohead. Otherwise maybe give the Speech TT 5 a try.
Has anyone outside Ineos been able to test this wheel yet?
Also, what do you think about Princeton Carbon Mach 7850 TS? I think to build disc brake TT/TRI bike and thought to get this one but could not find any aero test.
Mach 7580 TS – Princeton CarbonWorks
That being said the tri-spoke in the picture doesn’t really have the same issues as the HED. The HED has a 50mm rim section with spokes that are nearly as wide as the rim. The newer trispokes have a 75mm section and the spokes are very narrow where they connect to the rim. So basically the spoke section is already in a quite wide section of the fork and the narrowness means the “Air Damming” effect, for lack of a better term, is minimal. FWIW, It’s the fastest wheel I’ve personally field tested.
It doesn’t seem as if Light Bicycle makes that Tri spoke anymore (or at least right now). Is this wheel from FarSports the same thing? I noted the FarSports depth is quoted at 58mm, which seems a bit slim.
https://www.wheelsfar.com/28mm-wide-3-spoke-clincher-wheel-p0173.html
When you say that the Light Bicycle wheel was the fastest you’ve field tested, curious if other testing includes the Caden or Troika wheels? I’m looking at any/all carbon spoked wheels for a rim brake front wheel (because I like how they look). I started with the Cadex four spoke, but the hub on the one that was sent to me was complete garbage, had to send back. Struggling with the lack of data on these … Caden is indicatively fast because Bingham used to use it and the Shimano Pro it’s based off is known to be fast. The Princeton wheel is indicatively fast because Ineos uses it, but they have an unreleased version already that includes a massive hub like the Troika and is presumably better. The only wind tunnel data I can find is the Troika posted already in this thread, just seems okay compared to their own super deep spoked wheel. My guess is the watt spread on all of them is very low.
That being said the tri-spoke in the picture doesn’t really have the same issues as the HED. The HED has a 50mm rim section with spokes that are nearly as wide as the rim. The newer trispokes have a 75mm section and the spokes are very narrow where they connect to the rim. So basically the spoke section is already in a quite wide section of the fork and the narrowness means the “Air Damming” effect, for lack of a better term, is minimal. FWIW, It’s the fastest wheel I’ve personally field tested.
It doesn’t seem as if Light Bicycle makes that Tri spoke anymore (or at least right now). Is this wheel from FarSports the same thing? I noted the FarSports depth is quoted at 58mm, which seems a bit slim.
https://www.wheelsfar.com/...her-wheel-p0173.html
When you say that the Light Bicycle wheel was the fastest you’ve field tested, curious if other testing includes the Caden or Troika wheels? I’m looking at any/all carbon spoked wheels for a rim brake front wheel (because I like how they look). I started with the Cadex four spoke, but the hub on the one that was sent to me was complete garbage, had to send back. Struggling with the lack of data on these … Caden is indicatively fast because Bingham used to use it and the Shimano Pro it’s based off is known to be fast. The Princeton wheel is indicatively fast because Ineos uses it, but they have an unreleased version already that includes a massive hub like the Troika and is presumably better. The only wind tunnel data I can find is the Troika posted already in this thread, just seems okay compared to their own super deep spoked wheel. My guess is the watt spread on all of them is very low.
Bambini has a good video in the Farsports Trispoke front wheel and he was quite impressed. It would be fun to test one against a deep wheel and another trispoke.
I know Cam Wurf has been using the new Princeton wheels but haven’t heard any review of them.I’m guessing quite pricey. For the money the Farsports seems like a very attractive choice
The Farsports is not the same. The light bicycle/ revolver is 69mm deep, but it’s also 30mm wide! Great in the wind. I got mine two years ago from velosa on ali. It’s still available today for only 6% more than what I paid, it’s a steal. I did get a disc at the same time as the trispoke. I also recently bought a 5 spoke from them. Everything has been top notch.
The Farsports is not the same. The light bicycle/ revolver is 69mm deep, but it’s also 30mm wide! Great in the wind. I got mine two years ago from velosa on ali. It’s still available today for only 6% more than what I paid, it’s a steal. I did get a disc at the same time as the trispoke. I also recently bought a 5 spoke from them. Everything has been top notch.
Thank you for the info
I went to Ali but I see 3 different 3 spoke wheels by velosa
Do you have a link please?
The Princeton trispoke looks awesome but that price is eye watering! I wonder how these deeper tri spokes compare to something like a Aerocoach Titan.
I like trispoke wheels but also like very deep wheels. Give me a Titan+Caden trispoke!