Once you’re rolling,
you’ll never want to stop

Cycling is a battle against all kinds of resistance:
the wheel against gravity and aerodynamic drag, and the hub internals against rolling resistance.
We reduced resistance at every opportunity, so once you’re at speed, you’ll never want to stop.

Once you’re rolling, you’ll never want to stop

Cycling is a battle against all kinds of resistance:
the wheel against gravity and aerodynamic drag, and the hub internals against rolling resistance.
We reduced resistance at every opportunity, so once you’re at speed, you’ll never want to stop.

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.

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Driving stiffness

[Measurement conditions (Graph for wind tunnel tests)]
Value of air resistance generated at the front wheel alone
Wind velocity/wheel rotation speed: 48 km/h
Tire: Schwalbe Pro One TLE 25c

Rotational resistance

While ensuring strength and durability based on Shimano’s strict standards, we have reduced rotational resistance by 64% or more in any speed range.

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Energy required to accelerate the wheel from 35 to 45 km/h in 7 seconds

[Measurement conditions]
Measured with Shimano’s original rotational resistance measuring machine
The values of rotational resistance measured on the front and rear hubs were added.
Driving rotation: -64% @ 10 km/h, -65% @ 50 km/h, -67% @ 100 km/h