Lightweight Meilenstein ART Disc Wheels - Schwarz Edition
Schwarz Edition / HG11
$ 8,495.00
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Lightweight Meilenstein ART Disc Wheels - Schwarz Edition
The Meilenstein ART — Lightweight’s most precise, deliberate and evolved wheelset.
$ 8,495.00
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- Engineered over four years and handmade in Germany
- Alpha Rib Technology (ART) delivers unmatched lateral stiffness
- R2R bonded carbon spokes for direct power transfer and low weight
- Penta-Fly hub system with oversized flanges and minimal drag
Choosing freehubsIf the freehub option you need isn’t available, select an in-stock model and order, then email us to confirm your selection. We can swap it to your preferred type before dispatch.
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About this product
Details
Every Lightweight wheel is built with care. But ART feels different — more resolved, more exact. It’s a ground-up redesign of their flagship platform, refined over four years to be lighter, stiffer and more aerodynamic than the Meilenstein before it. The carbon work is surgical. The structure is unlike anything else.
Internal ribs reinforce the rim from within, boosting lateral stiffness without bulk. Rim-to-rim carbon spokes are bonded straight through the Penta-Fly hub — no hardware, no slack, nothing to rattle loose. The entire system is clean, quiet and deeply efficient.
We’ve ridden ART through the climbs and descents of Marin, across windswept coastlines and rough pavement. It holds its shape under pressure, corners with intent and stays composed when the road gets unpredictable. The ride quality reflects the build — precise, stable, confident at speed.
The Meilenstein ART Disc Wheels are available at Above Category in Lightweight's Schwarz Edition, an exclusive model that features CeramicSpeed bearing upgrades and all-black spokes, rims and logos. Does it look faster? We think so.
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Technical specifications
- VERSION
- Schwarz Edition with CeramicSpeed bearings
- Lightweight black decals, spokes, rims and logos
- TECHNICAL DETAILS
- Wheelset weight1,190 g (±3%)
- Front wheel weight550 g
- Rear wheel weight640 g
- Rim depth45 mm
- Internal rim width22.9 mm
- External rim width28.6 mm
- Rim design700C, hooked, closed rim bed
- Optimized for 28 mm+ tires
- Tire compatibilityTubeless ready
- Spokes20 full-carbon front and rear
- HubPenta-Fly with DT Swiss EXP 180 internals
- Freehub optionsShimano, SRAM, Campagnolo
- Brake typeDisc, Center Lock
- Axle spacingFront 12×100 | Rear 12×142
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