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Don't saddle that sick new long-travel 29'er with cumbersome, unresponsive wheels. Step up to the Knight 29 Trail Carbon Rims and enjoy better bump compliance, superior lateral stiffness in the corners, and ultra light weight without having to worry about durability. Knight Composites is a relatively new wheel company, but the founders have an aggregate of decades of experience in carbon composite construction and set out to build a better carbon wheel than what was currently on the market while making it financially feasible for their target user group (hard core cyclists) to purchase them. The results, as they say, are in the riding and Knight wheelsets are staged to set the bike world on fire.
EPS Molded Carbon Fiber – Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) molding is the standard for creating carbon frames and forks for the best race bikes in the world. Most carbon fiber rims look smooth and seamless on the outside, but what’s inside is equally as important. Making a carbon fiber rim involves compressing layers of carbon weave and epoxy resin into a mold to get the desired shape. Traditionally, inflatable bladders are used inside the rim to force the material into the mold, but because the shape of a bladder can’t be finely controlled there can sometimes be wrinkles or inconsistent thickness in the finished rim. These irregularities can lead to delamination or premature stress fractures — every fold, every wrinkle a potential point of failure. By utilizing an EPS Molding System, Knight produces internal surfaces as smooth and wrinkle-free as the exterior. This increases strength due to the uniformity of the fibers, pushing it into exactly the desired shape with consistent thickness and no wrinkles. The result is a lighter, stiffer and more consistent final product. Knight shapes the EPS forms precisely before laminating carbon fiber around them and placing the whole system in a mold. When heated, the individual beads in the EPS forms swell. Out in the open they’d reach 40 times their original size, but constrained by the mold they exert pressure on the inside of the carbon fiber, pushing it into exactly the desired shape with consistent thickness and no wrinkles. Knight is the sole rim manufacturer implementing this cutting edge technique within the manufacturing process, and combined with the use of aerospace-grade Toray® carbon fiber is producing a lighter weight, stronger, more reliable and precisely constructed rim.
Carbon Rim Only – This is a rim only - hubs, spokes, valves, rim tape and wheel building are the responsibility of the purchaser.
29" Elliptical Aerodynamic Cross-Section – Strong, light, compliant and aerodynamic.
External Rim Diameter – 595 mm
Tire Size – 29 x 2.35" - 2.5"
Lifetime Replacement Guarantee – Knight Composites offers a lifetime rim replacement guarantee to the original purchaser. Replacement rims are 50% off of MSRP. Price does not include shipping, sales tax where applicable, or wheel-building labor.
Size | 28h |
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Weight (g) | 400 |