Weds Sports, a Japanese wheel-maker, has created a full carbon fiber wheel -- rims, spokes, hub, everything -- that weighs 2.76 kg. Coming out to about 6.1 pounds, that's about half the weight of ...
They came out on top in our own wind tunnel tests, but how did the Scope Artech 6.A wheels fare in the real world?
The change might sound minor, but it makes entirely new designs for steering wheels possible, with the horizontal spoke and hub taking on a "smartphone-like design". The solution could lead to ...