Bontrager Aeolus D3 Review
In short these are expensive but well worth the price of admission. The Bontrager Aeolus 9 TLR D3 Clincher.
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Bontrager is a bicycle component and parts manufacturer that was launched in California 40 years ago by Keith Bontrager.
Bontrager aeolus d3 review. With a wide-stance 195mm internal rim width DT Swiss internals and snub-nosed 50mm carbon rim the Bontrager Aeolus 5 TLR D3 wheelset has proven fast and durable in our testing with a. The Aeolus 3 D3 TLR clincher is now a svelte 1356 grams. This new Bontrager Aeolus 5 TLR wheelset however could prove to be a turning point.
The shape of the rim is also optimized to be more aerodynamic in crosswinds and head winds. Bontrager is no stranger to wheels and their Aeolus TLR D3 line is their best of the best. Bontrager Aeolus 5 D3 Clincher review.
D3 Dual Directional Design profile cuts drag at tire-leading and rim-leading edge. Bontrager Aeolus 5 TLR D3 carbon clinchers review. These wheels boast a 195 mm internal width paired with a 264 mm external width at the breaking surface.
OCLV Pro Carbon offers an optimized blend of weight strength and durability. Bontrager recently redesigned its Aeolus wheels and expanded on the number of models in its range. Sweet aero-disc wheels from the pioneers of wide tubeless road-rim tech.
Bontrager Aeolus 3 TLR Disc D3 Wheelset Features. D3 Dual Directional Design profile cuts drag at tire-leading and rim-leading edge. Bontrager Aeolus 3 TLR Disc D3 wheelset review.
The Aeolus 3 D3 is the lightest wheel on offer and. Bontrager introduced its current range of Aeolus D3 carbon fiber aero road wheels back in 2011 and given the normally frenetic pace of change at this pointy end of the market that seems like a. The Bontrager Aeolus 3 D3 carbon clincher wheelset is wonderfully fast offers supreme stability in crosswinds and climbs well despite falling outside the category of super lightweight climbing.
Aeolus D3 9 Tubular Factory Blemish Road Wheel MSRP 1200 Aeolus D3 3 TLR Factory Blemish Road Wheel MSRP 1200. Even the 50mm-deep Aeolus 5 falls well under the magic 1500-gram threshold at 1440 grams. Featuring 50mm deep rims in Bontragers own D3 shape the Aeolus 5s in their tubular incarnation have been a favourite in the pro peloton for a while now largely due to their versatility read our guide to 2015s best race wheels here.
New for 2019 Bontrager has entered the fray with the ultra-wide Aeolus PRO 3V wheelset for gravel and modern endurance bikes. As youll probably know over the last few years many manufacturers have begun to concentrate on the aerodynamics in the section of the wheel where the rim is leading as well. However the cost of saving this weight is a full 2000.
The D3 model boasts an impressive total weight of 1348g over 150g lighter than the Pro 3s. As usual Bontrager relies on DT Swiss internals in its hubs and the tubeless system is drawn straight from the tried-and-true TLR system. They are stiff in the correct parts and forgiving in the others.
Lightweight aero tubeless clinchers with DT Swiss hubs. But the Bontrager Aeolus 9 TLR D3 can be run tubeless and that is a whole new ball game for us triathletes. Bontrager Aeolus 3 TLR D3 wheelset review Superb all-around carbon wheels that are now lighter and tubeless-compatible but let down as a package by very poor brake pads.
The Bontrager Aeolus 5 D3 wheels are some of the nicest Ive ever ridden. We previously tested the Aeolus 3 D3 pre-TLR model and came away all smiles. Thats right the Pro 3s deliver specifications that are not far off the flagship model Bontrager seem to like producing wheels with 35mm rim depth.
Bontrager used the rim profile on its previous Aeolus 3 D3 wheelsIts a shape that has been developed using CFD computational fluid dynamics and wind tunnel testing and follows the current trend for a wide bulbous profile aimed at offering improved aerodynamics in a wider range of wind directions. The Bontrager Aeolus TLR D3 wheel set is a full carbon clincher wheel set built to deliver speed control and overall performance. Bontragers shallowest Aeolus D3 wheels combine impressive aerodynamics with a reasonable weight and predictable handling making them an excellent all-conditions option.
Theyre beautiful to look at and give any bicycle that they adorn a certain dub bling. The workhorse of the line is the Aeolus 3 and Ive had the capable Aeolus 3 Disc in for several months now. Bontrager Aeolus PRO 3V TLR Wheelset Features.
Easton to give it due credit was the first to present tubeless compatibility in its high-end full-carbon. 5 responses to Bontrager Aeolus 3 D3 Clinchers Final Thoughts Patrick December 6 2013 at 1048 pm Reply If these were tubeless it would be a slam dunk.
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