We’ve got our hands on some illegal exploding retro bike wheels and are putting them up against UCI-legal modern carbon wheels. These Spinergy Rev X wheels were revolutionary when they came out in the 1990s but failed the UCI’s rupture test, leading them to be banned. Retro vs modern: Alex finds out if today’s road bike wheels are actually faster!

0:00 Intro
0:44 The Wheels
1:56 Wheel Top Trumps
2:25 Spokes
3:25 Shape & Construction
4:45 Exploding Wheels
5:38 Retro vs Modern
6:21 Results

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