Black Inc Black Thirty Wheels

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MrMojo
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by MrMojo

Looking for some light carbon clincher rim brake wheels and stumbled across Black Thirty by Black Inc. I know very little about the brand other than it is linked to Factor Bikes and the hubs have CeramicSpeed ceramic bearings. The wheel pair are stated to weigh 1390g and are 30mm deep so they tick the right boxes.

Anyone have any experience with the brand or wheels?
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Djakninn
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by Djakninn

I'm building up a Factor O2 at the moment, so comes with the Black Inc Integrated bar/stem and seat post. I was going to pull the trigger on a set of their wheels, but have decided to try Caden Wheels. Their 38mm clinchers are showing as 1270g and quite a bit cheaper.

MrMojo
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by MrMojo

Just looked at the 25mm deCADENce clinchers at a claimed 1210g. Impressive for the price.
2021 Colnago Master
2020 Colnago C64
2017 Colnago C60
2017 Colnago V1-R
2014 Cipollini RB1K
2008 Colnago Extreme C
2005 Colnago C50
2001 Colnago C40
1996 Colnago Tecnos

cdncyclist
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by cdncyclist

I have Black Inc 50s (tubular), purchased with my Factor.

I can't give you objective evidence, but subjectively I am really happy with them. Light, responsive, stiff, handle crosswinds well, brake well (rim brakes) and reasonably priced.

For context I have ridden Enve 3.4 (clincher) and Zipp 303 (tubular), as well as other carbon wheels (Easton, etc). Was actually considering getting a second set ofof tubulars and if I do will probably go with the Black Inc 30.

The one peice of information I would like to inform purchases is high quality comparative aero data, but it seems this is lacking. It seems most brands use CFD info, and I can appreciate how things might vary (tire / wheel / bike / rider / wind direction etc) that might make quality data difficult to generalize to an individual

Djakninn
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by Djakninn

Yeah, Caden don't seem to have aero data either, i sort of went with the info off some of the Tri forums as they seem to be popular in that discipline.
Hopefully mine turn up soon and i can report back what i think of them at least.

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