Black Inc Five Shimano Road Wheelset

The Black Inc FIVE handcrafted solid-spoke carbon wheelset represents the epitome of Black Inc's engineering and design capabilities. Featuring a specially designed one-piece rim and spoke blade construction, the FIVEs is a lightweight wheelset that also offers aerodynamic advantages that typically only deep-profiled, heavier wheels can approximate.

Weighing just 1318 grams, this lightweight tubeless-ready clincher wheelset offers exceptional aero performance thanks largely to the NACA airfoil-optimised spokes, rims, and hubs. The one-piece wheel structure has been developed using CFD software for enhanced performance compared to a traditional mid-depth steel spoked wheelset. The aero performance, considering the modest 30mm rim profile, is a testament to the effectiveness of the design. The Kamm tail shape of the spokes offers an aero advantage that neither round nor bladed steel spokes could ever provide. While the rim's minimal cross-section prevents any unsteady deflection resulting from crosswinds.

In addition to that, the carbon layup is dedicated to guaranteeing lateral stiffness while providing a unique level of compliance. It ensures both the handling will be sharp and the comfort levels will be high. By using advanced material from carbon experts at Toray with the added benefit of Nippon Graphite Pitch-Based Fiber, the FIVEs offer exceptional responsiveness when accelerating, combined with vibration dampening to make the FIVEs a lot more comfortable and compliant than they may look.

Committing to a tubeless compatible clincher rim means that the Black Inc FIVEs are as practical and easy to maintain as they are high-performance and cutting-edge. The 21mm internal diameter pairs perfectly with wider tires and are optimised for 25-28mm tires. The hubs have been exclusively designed and manufactured in-house specifically for the FIVE wheels. The black anodised aluminium machined hub has been specially developed with both a mechanical and chemical retention joint to improve durability and lifespan. By including Black Inc + CeramicSpeed long-life bearings, the hubs provide fantastically low rolling resistance and exceptional durability. This disc brake only wheelset uses a center lock brake tab and a 100mm x 12mm through axle in the front with a 142mm x 12mm through axle in the rear wheel.

The Black Inc FIVE tubeless-compatible carbon clincher wheelset for disc brakes has been designed to provide exceptional performance for long tours and fast-paced riding or training. Developed for use as a set, the FIVE's front wheel can also pair nicely with the Black Inc ZERO disc rear wheel for the ultimate climbing-heavy time trial or triathlon setup.

• Kamm Tail Rim Geometry: The truncated Kamm tail profile is designed to manage airflow separation at the trailing edge of the rim, maintaining aerodynamic efficiency across a range of yaw angles. This is the kind of shape that performs on real roads — where wind rarely arrives head-on — rather than only in controlled tunnel conditions.
• CFD and FEA Co-Development: Most wheels are optimised for one design objective at the expense of another. Black Inc's dual-validation process means the Five's rim shape is both aerodynamically refined and structurally sound, not a compromise between the two. FEA modelling in particular gives confidence that stiffness and load resistance are engineered in, not assumed.
• Bladed Aerodynamic Spokes: Where a standard round spoke punches through air with minimal regard for drag, the Five's bladed spoke profile is shaped to reduce turbulence and aerodynamic resistance. Fewer spokes, each working harder — both structurally and aerodynamically — is the underlying logic of the five-spoke design.
• Disc-Brake Platform Versatility: Moving braking force to the hub rather than the rim surface eliminates the heat build-up and braking performance degradation that comes with carbon rim-brake wheels under sustained descending. The Five disc is designed to be ridden hard in mixed conditions, across long mountain stages and wet group rides, without the thermal caveats that come with the rim-brake equivalent.
• Drivetrain Compatibility: Available in both HG11 (Shimano and SRAM 11-speed) and XDR driver configurations, the Five integrates cleanly with current road groupsets — including SRAM's 12-speed AXS ecosystem via the XDR variant — without requiring additional adapters or workarounds.

• Wheel Type: Clincher, Disc Brake
  
• Spoke Design: Bladed aerodynamic five-spoke architecture
  
• Rim Profile: Kamm tail, CFD and FEA validated
  
• Brake Interface: Disc brake compatible
  
• Drivetrain Options: HG11 (Shimano -speed) 
  
• Colour: Black
  
• Manufacturer: Black Inc
  
• Product Category: Road Wheelset