CyclingCeramic fully revamps their outsized Professional & Race derailleur cage upgrades with a stiffer alloy & carbon composite building, a brand new strong pulley choice, and the identical fast-spinning ceramic bearings to eke out further velocity and efficiency out of your present highway bike. The all-new OSPW cages are nonetheless fully made in Europe, nonetheless fairly a light-weight improve on your bike, and nonetheless value rather a lot lower than the opposite outsized competitors…
CyclingCeramic OSPW Professional & Race highway derailleur cages
Whereas the open design of CyclingCeramic’s carbon derailleur cages and skinny alloy pulleys made them stand out from different outsized cage upgrades in the marketplace, the French ceramic bearing specialist went again to the drafting board for his or her newest sequence of Highway Cages to spice up efficiency. Now, two new CyclingCeramic OSPW Professional & OSPW Race highway cages function the all-new aluminum & carbon building, with a design that’s much less visually distinct, however guarantees extra exact shifting and fewer drag… whereas nonetheless balancing a extra accessible value level.
What’s new?
The brand new faceted design now options an angular CNC-machined aluminum outer cage plate that bolts to a UD carbon internal plate to considerably improve cage stiffness for improved shift efficiency whereas remaining light-weight. The brand new cages are round 40g heavier than the open carbon model earlier than, however with considerably higher shifting.
Then, a brand new tooth design for each open Race and strong Professional pulleys combines with the stiffer cage to enhance shifting precision to match the extent of the top-tier manufacturing unit excellent shifts, however with a lot much less drivetrain friction. CyclingCeramic claims greater than 25% friction discount over their already quick earlier design.
The strong pulley design was a direct response from each professional riders and common prospects, each searching for a ‘extra aero’ setup. CyclingCeramic says they did the CFD evaluation, and the strong pulleys are marginally quicker, however it’s extra about offering improved stiffness for the strongest sprinters, a quicker look, plus pulleys which can be simpler to maintain clear. These ‘aero’ pulleys additionally promise massive efficiency good points off-road, so anticipate to see extra variations accessible within the coming 12 months.
Tech particulars
Grade 3 ceramic balls within the handmade bearings – black silicon nitride (Si3N4) balls manufactured in Germany
14T higher & 19T decrease pulleys
pulleys accessible in ‘aero’ strong Professional or mild 4-spoke Race variations
CNC-machined alloy cages, UD carbon cages, and machined alloy pulleys made in France
all ultimate meeting handmade in France
2-position cage spring pressure settings
claimed weight: 115g Professional or 101g Race
CyclingCeramic OSPW Highway Cages – Pricing, choices availability
The brand new CyclingCeramic OSPW highway cages all share the identical black anodized alloy & UD carbon cage building. Then you possibly can decide from 4 anodized pulley colours for the open pulley Race cages – black, crimson, gold, or blue. Or you may get the strong pulley Professional cage in all-black. Each variants promote for a similar $289 / 289€ (nearly half the worth of the newest related choices from CeramicSpeed or Kogel), and can be found for both Shimano 11/12-speed or SRAM AXS 12sp.
CyclingCeramic lately hit the World Tour as a provider for Arkea, and we’ll begin to see their new Professional Highway Cages rollout on the staff’s Bianchi race bikes because the racing season will get totally underway.
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