CyclingCeramic utterly revamps their outsized Professional & Race derailleur cage upgrades with a stiffer alloy & carbon composite building, a brand new strong pulley possibility, and the identical fast-spinning ceramic bearings to eke out additional velocity and efficiency out of your current highway bike. The all-new OSPW cages are nonetheless completely made in Europe, nonetheless fairly a light-weight improve to your bike, and nonetheless value so much lower than the opposite outsized competitors…
CyclingCeramic OSPW Professional & Race highway derailleur cages
Whereas the open design of CyclingCeramic’s carbon derailleur cages and skinny alloy pulleys made them stand out from different outsized cage upgrades in the marketplace, the French ceramic bearing specialist went again to the drafting board for his or her newest sequence of Street Cages to spice up efficiency. Now, two new CyclingCeramic OSPW Professional & OSPW Race highway cages characteristic the all-new aluminum & carbon building, with a design that’s much less visually distinct, however guarantees extra exact shifting and fewer drag… whereas nonetheless balancing a extra accessible worth level.
What’s new?
The brand new faceted design now options an angular CNC-machined aluminum outer cage plate that bolts to a UD carbon inside plate to considerably improve cage stiffness for improved shift efficiency whereas remaining light-weight. The brand new cages are round 40g heavier than the open carbon model earlier than, however with considerably higher shifting.
Then, a brand new tooth design for each open Race and strong Professional pulleys combines with the stiffer cage to enhance shifting precision to match the extent of the top-tier manufacturing unit excellent shifts, however with a lot much less drivetrain friction. CyclingCeramic claims greater than 25% friction discount over their already quick earlier design.
The strong pulley design was a direct response from each professional riders and common prospects, each searching for a ‘extra aero’ setup. CyclingCeramic says they did the CFD evaluation, and the strong pulleys are marginally sooner, nevertheless it’s extra about offering improved stiffness for the strongest sprinters, a sooner look, plus pulleys which might be simpler to maintain clear. These ‘aero’ pulleys additionally promise large efficiency features off-road, so count on to see extra variations obtainable within the coming yr.
Tech particulars
- Grade 3 ceramic balls within the handmade bearings – black silicon nitride (Si3N4) balls manufactured in Germany
- 14T higher & 19T decrease pulleys
- pulleys obtainable in ‘aero’ strong Professional or gentle 4-spoke Race variations
- CNC-machined alloy cages, UD carbon cages, and machined alloy pulleys made in France
- all remaining meeting handmade in France
- 2-position cage spring pressure settings
- claimed weight: 115g Professional or 101g Race
CyclingCeramic OSPW Street Cages – Pricing, choices availability
The brand new CyclingCeramic OSPW highway cages all share the identical black anodized alloy & UD carbon cage building. Then you possibly can choose from 4 anodized pulley colours for the open pulley Race cages – black, crimson, gold, or blue. Or you may get the strong pulley Professional cage in all-black. Each variants promote for a similar $289 / 289€ (virtually half the value of the most recent comparable choices from CeramicSpeed or Kogel), and can be found for both Shimano 11/12-speed or SRAM AXS 12sp.
CyclingCeramic not too long ago hit the World Tour as a provider for Arkea, and we’ll begin to see their new Professional Street Cages rollout on the group’s Bianchi race bikes because the racing season will get totally underway.
