Cale's Corner--Shimano Tubeless

As part of our relationship with Shimano, we are excited to be featuring Shimano components at all of our 6 Echelon Gran Fondo's including the electronic shifters, Di2 (yet to be reviewed by me--It is in so much demand Shimano is backlogged).  We are building up three Wilier bikes to display and be test ridden at our fondo's so feel free to come demo any of it. 

Last week we got our first package from Shimano that included a set of Dura-Ace WH-7850-C24 tubeless carbon composite wheels. Okay, Shimano is our sponsor so perhaps this sounds biased but WOW, this is one responsive wheel. I ran it on Hutchinson tubeless tires at 115 PSI in some pretty rough winter conditions and was amazed how smooth the ride was. The rear wheel is asymmetrical or beefier on the drive side which I could feel during accelerations. They feel as light as my Zipp 202's but stiffer. I am still racing on sew-ups but the jury is out on those after riding this tubeless wheel from Shimano. More after I race on them.

Cale.

Cale Reeder (47) was a member of the 1982 Junior National Cycling Team. He competed in the World Championships in 1982 in Italy for both Road and TTT. After racing for the Senior National Cycling Team as a CAT 1 and a member of the 25 Man Olympic Development Team in 1983 and 1984. He retired from  racing in 1984. In 1996 after a couple of Silicon Valley startups and weighing in at over 180 pounds he started riding his bike again. He decided to start racing again in 2009, and won the US Masters age 45-49 national champion road race in 2010.