HUNT 50 CARBON WIDE AERO WHEELSET

Description

These wheels are so aero, that we're free-wheeling in the pack whilst the others are pedalling. Going deep is obvious for aerodynamic performance. Add wide rims with a U-profile, and you get the addition of great handling and reduced drag across a wide range of yaw angles. Despite being a massive 27mm wide and 50mm deep, the rims are extremely light at only 498g each.

The freehub body on the HUNT Sprint hubs used for the 50CWA is also upgraded with 48 teeth on the ratchet ring and multi-point pawls, providing super-fast 7.5 degree engagement for when the hammer goes down and you need to accelerate now! The strong individual leaf spring pawls are louder than circular spring set-ups but we think that is the right decision to make for this type of wheelset. Also, stiffness = Speed so we specced large 15mm diameter hub axles for sprinting and out-of-saddle climbing. Ease into them, your mates won’t know it’s the wheels!

Product Details

• Weight: 1537g
• Depth: 50mm
• Width Ext: 27mm
• Width Int: 19mm
• Size: 700c

Features

• Rims: A strong and seriously wide yet lightweight carbon rim, with an aero-rounded profile for excellent handling and speed. The extra friction Griptec brake-track provides excellent braking, on even the longest descents and in the wet.

• Hubs: Race Season Sprint straight-pull super-light, 15mm diameter 7075-T6 axle. Circular dropout interface steps for added stiffness. 3x treble tooth pawls resulting in just 7.5 degrees of engagement for instant acceleration. Steel spline insert to protect cassette body.

• Spokes: We chose the top-of-the-range Pillar Spoke Re-enforcement PSR XTRA models. These butted blade aero spokes are lighter and provide a greater degree of elasticity to maintain tensions longer and add fatigue resistance

Specifications

Rims

• Tubeless-ready – designed to work excellently with normal clincher tyres and tubes or tubeless tyres.
• Hunt Black Shield tubeless rim tape fitted.
• Toray T700/T800 unidirectional and 3K weave carbon-fibre with 3K weave bed and spoke areas.
• 27mm outer and 19mm inner width.
• 50mm deep super wide rounded aero section
• Hooked
• Griptec basalt ceramic fibre brake-track. Please note: We are not able to control other brands brake pad compounds and we cannot test every possible brake pad so please use only our HUNT Brakco Griptec carbon specific rim brake pads with these wheels. Two pairs of pads are included with your wheels and further sets can be ordered from here. We chose the Brakco Griptec pads because they outperform a lot of the market leaders’ best selling compounds in both dry and wet laboratory conditions.
• Matt black base finished with gloss black and white contrasting graphics.
  

Spokes

• Front: 18 spokes laced radially - Aero triple-butted profile
• Butted 2.0-2.0/0.95-2.0 then PSR section is 2.2.
• Rear: 24 spokes laced 2 cross drive-side and radially non-drive side.
• Butted 2.0-2.0/0.95-2.0 then PSR section is 2.2.
• Straight-pull for excellent torsional strength and direct power transfer
• Cold drawn from high grade T302 (18/10) stainless steel wire by Sandvik Sweden
• Patented Pillar Spoke Re-enforcement, butted again just before the spoke head providing more durability in high stress area.
  

Nipples

• Alloy square body for external adjustment and square head for easy internal adjustment/tensioning.
• 16mm length with washer for a strong connection to the spoke added durability.
• 14 gauge
• Black anodized finish
  

Tires Info

• HUNT recommends a 28mm tyre for best performance, tyre widths between 22mm and 47mm are also safe to use.  
• Note: best performance is usually gained by using tyre pressures lower than the maximum.
• Tubeless-ready for lower weight and rolling resistance. 
• You must not exceed the maximum tyre pressure limits set out in the table below or the maximum limit set by your tyre manufacturer if this is lower.  
  
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Axle Sizes

• Hunt 4Season polymer cam skewers are durable and light.
• 7075-T6 heat-treated alloy lever and head.
• Corrosion resistant stainless steel springs.
• Corrosion resistant stainless steel springs.
• Polished anodized black finish with laser graphics.

Front Hub

• Forged and CNC’d 6061-T6 heat treated aluminium alloy body.
• 7075-T6 aluminium alloy axles.
• Circular machined dropout interface steps for added stiffness
• Polished anodized black finish with laser graphics.
  

Rear Hub

• 7075-T6 heat-treated aluminium alloy freehub body.
• Steel Spline Insert freehub body reinforcement provides excellent durability against cassette sprocket damage to the freehub often seen on standard alloy freehub bodies.
• 3x treble tooth pawl engagement for instant acceleration - 7.5 degrees engagement.
• All freehub standards accounted for.
• Circular machined dropout interface steps for added stiffness.
• Forged and CNC’d 6061-T6 heat treated aluminium alloy body.
• 7075-T6 aluminium alloy axles.
• Polished anodized black finish with laser graphics.
  

Bearings

• Super smooth precision bearings with proprietary waterproof grease specially selected for even the worst weather.
• Sealed cartridge replaceable units.
• Upgraded to low-friction seals to further reduce rolling resistance.
• Incredibly fast rolling