OBERMAYER EVO

On the way to the top you need more than just power.

To keep up with the top field, you need material that provides you with precision, performance and safety. Thanks to a unique stiffness to weight ratio, OBERMAYER EVO transforms every step of yours into maximum propulsion without any loss of energy. And with only 1.230 grams total weight, it is one of the lightest disc wheel sets available. OBERMAYER EVO is Lightweight’s ultimate performance disc wheel and is suitable for (mountainous) roads, training and competition.

Available in the following versions

Lightweight OBERMAYER EVO is a performance disc wheel made entirely out of carbon and is available in the Standard Edition as well in the Schwarz ED.

Incredibly Light - Unbelievably Stiff

Our OBERMAYER EVO is the further development of the popular MEILENSTEIN OBERMAYER wheel and available as a disc model. The tubeless version offers you the best stiffness to weight ratio with maximum heat resistance. OBERMAYER EVO is particularly light and one of the lightest, most exclusive and most powerful disc wheelsets in the world.

When it came to the OBERMAYER EVO, our engineers didn’t leave anything to chance. That’s why they used LCC-Carbon, which has already been successfully tested and used in aerospace. Thanks to the Active Foam Core, we were once again able to save on weight and at the same time increase stiffness. Weighing in at only 1.230 grams, it is one of the lightest full carbon disc wheel sets available at the moment. The proven Rim-to-Rim design, combined with the Lightweight Performance Shape, ensures breathtaking acceleration. The full carbon spokes are directly connected to the wheel and, thanks to especially optimized CFRP fibers, make for unparalleled braking precision. The innovative Pentagon SL Hub is 60 grams lighter and improves heat dissipation during braking, subsequently increasing safety on long descents. The maximum allowed system weight of OBERMAYER EVO is 100 kilograms.

Less energy consumption during ascents and increased braking performance during descents – that is OBERMAYER EVO.

Essential Features

• Performance disc wheelset
• One of the lightest full carbon disc wheelsets with 1.230 grams total weight
• Using special high-modulus CFRP fibres
• Unique layup with a new carbon structure provides a smooth ride at high stiffness
• Innovative, 60 grams lighter Pentagon SL Hub and EXP technology
• Disc wheels for precise and safe braking performance
• Tubeless technology for improved rolling characteristics
• High stiffness and consequently direct power transmission without any loss of energy
• Maximum acceleration due to optimum stiffness to weight ratio
• Light and robust with high directional stability
• Perfectly suitable for (mountainous) roads, training and competition
• Manufactured with extreme precision and low tolerances
• Compatible with common groupsets (Campa, SRAM, Shimano, etc.)
• Available in Standard Edition as well as in Schwarz ED
• The wheelset for your race bike is equipped as follows
• Lightweight 28" race bike wheelset
• Carbon tubeless wheelset for race bikes
• Disc brakes
• 24 mm rim width
• Front and rear wheel with 20 full carbon spokes, respectively
• Pentagon SL Hub
• EXP technology: Easily interchangeable rotor for Campagnolo, Shimano and SRAM

The Schwarz ED additionally offers simple clarity due to understatement: increased longevity, decreased rolling resistance (thanks to Ceramic Speed bearings) and spokes, rims as well as logos are in black

Every Lightweight wheelset is carefully handcrafted in Germany. As a result, slight deviations in colour and surface structure may occur. This is a characteristic quality feature of the high-quality manufacturing process. Lightweight stands for premium quality "Made in Germany".

Lightweight Technology

Small details with big effect

Lightweight Performance Shape

The components of our wheels are a perfect geometrical match. The rim with our Active Foam Core, the Pentagon Hub design and our Rim-to-Rim spokes are perfectly connected and allow the ultra-light and stiff construction of the Lightweight wheels. The monocoque construction with LCC carbon of our wheels is very elaborate and provides best stiffness-to-weight ratios (STW). In cross-section, our rim and the directly connected spokes form an X which results in significantly less twisting at the wheel and even more of your power is transferred directly to the road.

Rim-to-Rim Design

Unlike the classic wheel design, Lightweight's carbon spokes run continuously from one side of the rim over the hub to the other side of the rim. This so-called Rim-to-Rim design provides extremely high torsional and lateral stiffness that cannot be achieved with conventional spokes. Our spokes can absorb tensile forces of up to 1,800 kilograms and are about 3 times stiffer than a steel spoke. The form-fit and material-fit (firmly laminated) connection of the carbon spokes to the hub and rim eliminates any deformation and ensures breathtaking propulsion. Furthermore, the type of connection leads to an enormously long life of the entire wheel, since the material barely fatigues.

Active Foam Core

On the Inside of the rim is our high-performance foam core, called Active Foam Core. Through a patented process, we can build our wheels not only lighter, but also gain significantly more stiffness due to less deformations. Compared to conventional designs without cores, the Active Foam Core has a vibration damping effect and consequently ensures a smooth ride.

LCC-Carbon

Not all carbon is the same. For our wheels we use only specially selected material, our so-called Lightweight Custom Composite Carbon - LCC carbon. A special combination of very thin prepregs with high-strength and high-stiffness fiber types enables us to reduce wall thickness and sets new standards in both stiffness and weight without compromising on durability and safety.

Pentagon Hub

The Lightweight engineers have developed a unique design for maximum power transmission. The Pentagon Hub design is the technological heart of each disc-braked Lightweight wheel. It comes as a standard and SL version and is used in various Lightweight wheels. In the SL version (Super Light - see picture), the total weight has again been reduced by 70 grams (in the set) and the aerodynamics improved. The high heat that acts from the brake disc on the hub is reliably dissipated. The additional form closure by the hub housing in the form of a polygon (pentagon) ensures an extremely safe power flow from the tire to the brake disc. This increases safety, particularly on longer descents. For cyclists who strive for maximum performance, we optionally offer the hub with CeramicSpeed bearings.