Black Inc Five Wheelset

The Black Inc FIVE is a handcrafted, solidspoke wheelset featuring a specially designed one-piece rim and spoke bladeconstruction. The FIVE represents the very best of Black Inc’s engineering anddesign capabilities and the next generation of the solid spoke wheel line. It’sa lightweight clincher wheelset at just 1,318g and has been developed forexceptional aero performance using NACA optimized spoke, rim and hub profiles.No element of the wheel has been left to chance. FIVE is the pinnacle of performanceand luxury, designed to go fast, wherever the road takes you.

OVERVIEW

Black Inc FIVE is a class-leading roadwheel, engineered to perfection with striking aesthetics. It is a tubelesscompatible, disc-brake only clincher wheelset and a true all-rounder. FIVE isideally suited to long days in the saddle, adept at climbing and turning it onwhen the going gets fast on the tarmac. The one-piece wheel structure has beencarefully optimized with CFD software for superior handling and fasterperformance over traditional mid-depth steel spoked wheels.

FIVE’s, one-piece, five-spoke design drawsupon inspiration from the motor and automotive industry and uses a unique Kammtail design. Our engineers have validated the wheel’s performance in our ownCFD and FEA models ensuring exceptional aerodynamics and strength based onreal-world road conditions.

The hubs have been exclusively designed andmanufactured in-house specifically for the FIVE wheel. In doing so, alltolerances have been optimized to match our customized Black Inc + CeramicSpeedlong-life bearings for hub durability, while keeping rolling resistance to anabsolute minimum. The hub has been specially developed with both a mechanicaland chemical retention joint and has its own specific freehub body design.

FEATURES

1,318 g clincher wheelset

Hubs designed by Black Inc using CeramicSpeedbearings

One-piece rim and spoke-blade carbon fiberconstruction

NACA optimized profiles on both rim andspoke-blade sections

Designed specifically for modern 25-28mm700c wide tires

Tubeless compatible

SPECIFICATIONS

VersionsShimano HG11 body

XDR body

Weight    1,318g(Shimano HG11)

Compatability Shimano HG11 / SRAM 10/11-speed

SRAM XDR 12-speed

Hub  Blackaluminium machined hub

Bearings  BlackInc + CeramicSpeed custom bearings

Hub OLD  100mmx 12mm TA in the front

142mm x12mm TA in the rear

Brake Tab CenterLock

Rim Profile Height   30mm

Rim material   TeXtreme®

Toray®

Nippon Graphite Pitch-Based Fiber

Rim cross section (H x W)       30mm x 28mm

Internal diameter of rim 21mm

Freehub Body Compatibility   Specific design only compatible with BlackInc FIVE