Scope Artech Series
Price: $4,398, £3,498, €3,998
Rim depths: 22mm, 45mm, 65mm – Road and All road
Warranty: Lifetime
Rider Weight limit: None
Rim: Hooked, tubeless. *Gravel wheelset hooked
Scope has launched a new range of carbon fibre wheels named Artech. Artech wheels will be available for Road, All road, gravel and triathlon applications. Dutch wheel manufacturer Scope says the lightweight and aerodynamic wheels are inspired by nature.
Scope claims the Artech wheel series will be ‘a revolution for the cycling industry’ and the collection appears to have some unique design features according to the brand’s press release. Eye-catching details include very low overall weights, 3D-printed hub shells, algorithm-enhanced aerodynamics and aero inspiration from fish scales (yes, fish scales).
Scope has garnered attention in the past for its Atmoz self-inflating tyre system which was tested by teams like DSM ahead of Paris-Roubaix in 2023. The system hasn’t been used in action yet but we will be on the lookout again in the run-up to this year’s edition of Paris-Roubaix next month.
It appears the Artech range will cater for road, all road, gravel and triathlon disciplines. The brand’s website only has details on the Road and All Road series currently.
Artech 2, 4 and 6 models make up the road collection. The Artech 2 is a 28mm hooked clincher with a 23mm internal rim and weighs a claimed 965 grams. Making it one of the very lightest production disc brake wheelsets in the world, by our reckoning. The Artech 4 tips the scales at 1120 grams for its 45mm depth and 23mm internal width. A competitor weight-wise for the Partington R Series wheels we reviewed last year. The Artech 6 has a 65mm depth rim and tips the scales at 1244 grams.
The All Road collection, the 2.A, 4.A, and 6.A models all have very similar specs, but use wider internal rim widths to accommodate higher-volume tyres and are slightly heavier as a result.
All major freehub body standards are catered for and a CeramicSpeed bearing upgrade option is available.
Aeroscale rim technology
Scope says they used algorithm-enhanced aerodynamics tech (AEA) to help define the shape of the Artech rims. The brand claims this let them develop the most aerodynamic and stable wheels, as well as using a patent-pending Aeroscale rim surface design. The AEA was first developed in…
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