New spoke positioning, new freehub body design, new axlesets, and a new custom graphics program are just some of the updates the gang from Mad Fiber has built into its newest wheel offering, the Road.2. As with its predecessor, the new hoops have rim depths of 60mm front, 66mm rear, come with...

Seattle-based wheel maker Mad Fiber rolled out a new wheelset this week. Dubbed Road.2, the new offering is an update to its introductory wheel models and includes new carbon manufacturing concepts and materials. Retail pricing for steel bearing equipped wheels is $2,999, with ceramic bearings...

Over the years we've seen a lot of ways to torture wheels in the name of testing, but this new device from the folks at Mad Fiber is truly nasty. They call it the triple threat because it combines the downward force of a 200-pound vertical load, the horizontal force of a 100-pound side load, and...

Mad Fiber's show piece at Interbike this year was their one off Carbon and Kevlar weaved tubular wheelset. The prototype wheelset is both a practice in materials and aesthetics. Kevlar being lighter than carbon, the mix of Kevlar and Carbon brought the wheels in at at about 10% lighter than...

Mad Fiber Carbon Road Wheels Review by Twain Mein $2599 MSRP, 4 year warranty 12 spoke front, 18 spoke rear full carbon tubular wheels 60mm front, 66mm rear rim height 1085 grams/pair. 430 grams front, 655 rear. 1980 grams/pair with tires and 13-29 cassette (1280 rear/ 700 front) White...