The Baron CB7 wheel uses an asymmetric carbon rim with a 35mm internal width built to provide added stability and control with today’s wider tires and more capable trail bikes. Extremely light and strong, the Baron CB7 offers a variation of the patented Bead Socket Technology created specifically for wider asymmetric rims.
Stan's developers partnered with their friends at Ibis to develop the Baron CB7 rim, and address many of the issues commonly found with wide carbon rims. Most wider carbon rims are notoriously difficult to work with when it comes to mounting, inflating, and removing tubeless tires. Many also don’t offer a reliable airtight seal under impact and when cornering. Wide and stiff carbon rims often put added stress on spokes and hubs and deliver a harsh ride that actually slows you down.
The Baron CB7 uses an asymmetric design with offset spoke hole drilling to improve the bracing angle of the spokes and create a more stable, wider base that offers more support for the rim. When it comes to making a strong wheel, it is tough to beat an asymmetric design, and Ibis has been using them for years, but until now, asymmetric designs offered relatively poor tubeless performance due to an imbalance caused by the two differently shaped sides of the rim. To solve this problem, NoTubes engineers developed a version of the patented Bead Socket Technology specifically made for asymmetric rims.
The low sidewalls, carbon lay-up, and overall shape of the Baron CB7 also incorporates RiACT, Stan’s radial impact absorbing carbon technology. While still offering excellent lateral stiffness, Stan’s RiACT carbon rims deflect radially to absorb impacts and vibrations, making them more durable, more comfortable and faster rolling.
The Baron CB7 is built up with the proprietary Neo hub featuring a Durasync 6-pawl freehub with fast 10-degree engagement, and triple freehub bearings to better distribute axle load. Neo hub shells are 100% CNC machined for precision and roll on low-friction centerless ground axles for long life and reliable performance.
Combined with mechanically locking Secure Lock nipples, Sapim spokes allow for a light but very strong wheel. Like all Stan’s wheels, the Baron CB7 relies on conventional j-bend spokes.
Technologies
WideRight
The most important piece to the bicycle-terrain interaction is the contact patch between the tire and terrain, so tire profile and tire pressure play huge roles in bicycle performance and overall handling. But many rims just don't work well with the tires we're all using. Rims that are too narrow fail to offer sufficient sidewall support and protection to your tires and create a less stable shape. The result is less control in the corners, less traction on climbs, and more rolling resistance. Rims that are too wide also distort the tire profile, decreasing traction and control and driving impacts directly into the rim, negating the impact absorbing advantages of a tire's volume. Stan's WideRight rim widths are designed to strike the perfect balance between tire volume and sidewall function.
Bead Socket Technology
BST rims are designed to match the shape of your tire's bead to create a safer and more secure air tight interface. Unlike the secure "socket" of a BST design, conventional rim shapes drive the bead of the tire down deeper into the rim, putting pressure on sidewalls that causes friction, restricts tire volume, and keeps the interface from forming a sufficient seal for tubeless use. BST rims secure the bead of the tire, not the sidewall, creating an air tight seal while allowing the tire's sidewall to expand to its true, rounder, more effective profile. The result is more traction and less rolling resistance. With lower-profile, less vulnerable sidewalls, BST rims are also lighter and stronger by design, and accelerate more quickly.
Easy tubeless use with pre-installed Stan's NoTubes yellow tape and matching valve.
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