Campagnolo Hyperon Ultra Disc Brake Wheelset

The Campagnolo Hyperon Ultra Disc Brake Wheelset represents the top of Campagnolo's road racing wheel hierarchy — a hand-built carbon clincher/tubeless set that balances lightweight construction with genuine aerodynamic capability. At 1,240 grams for the pair with a 37mm rim profile, the Hyperon Ultra occupies the useful middle ground between dedicated climbing wheels and deep-section aero rims. It accelerates freely on a climb, holds speed on rolling terrain, and doesn't become a liability in crosswinds the way a deeper profile can. For road racing and ambitious training across varied courses, it's a more useful all-day wheel than either extreme.

H.U.L.C. Carbon Construction and C-LUX Finish

The rims are produced using Campagnolo's H.U.L.C. — Handmade Ultra-Light Carbon — technology, a molding process developed over more than 25 years of in-house carbon rim manufacturing. H.U.L.C. optimizes the ratio of carbon fiber to resin in the layup, producing rims that are stiffer and more impact-resistant without adding weight. The surface treatment is Campagnolo's C-LUX finish: a mirror-smooth layer applied without lacquer, which saves weight and provides a more consistent bead seat for tubeless tires. The rim surface is more uniform than a lacquered rim, which makes installation and removal easier and reduces the chance of bead damage. The rim uses single-joint construction — one carbon fusion point compared to the four joints typical in most manufactured rims. Fewer joints means fewer potential weak points, and Campagnolo's position is that the single-joint approach produces a stiffer, more durable structure overall.

Head-2-Bay Hub System and CULT Ceramic Bearings

The Monolithic hub is built around two technologies that work together: the Head-2-Bay spoke retention system and CULT ceramic bearings. Head-2-Bay addresses how the spoke head sits in the hub flange — the geometry is engineered to prevent inelastic shearing, the type of deformation that accumulates in the spoke head under repeated load cycling. The result is more uniform spoke tension over time and more predictable wheel behavior under hard acceleration or braking. CULT stands for Ceramic Ultimate Level Technology. Campagnolo's CULT bearings use ceramic balls running inside polymer cages on stainless-steel races. Ceramic is significantly harder than steel, and the near-perfect roundness of ceramic balls reduces friction at the bearing surface compared to conventional steel bearings. Maintenance is limited to periodic cleaning and light lubrication with synthetic oil — no packing, no regular rebuilds.

Aero Mo-Mag and Asymmetric Rear Rim

The Aero Mo-Mag system handles spoke nipple seating by moving everything inside the rim. Fiberglass-reinforced polymer fixtures house the nipple seats within the rim structure rather than exposing them through holes in the rim bed — this eliminates the aerodynamic penalty of open nipple holes and allows for a slightly lighter rim profile overall. The rear rim is asymmetrically shaped: the bracing angles on the drive and non-drive sides are deliberately different to equalize spoke tension across both flanges. More even tension distribution produces a laterally stiffer wheel, which translates to more confident handling in fast corners and under sprinting loads. Front lacing is 21 circular-section steel spokes in a two-cross pattern; rear is 24, also two-cross.

N3W Freewheel and Drivetrain Compatibility

The N3W (Next 3 Ways) freewheel body accommodates 11-, 12-, and 13-speed cassettes with 9-, 10-, or 11-tooth starting sprockets, along with older 9- and 10-speed cassettes via an included adapter. The disc version of the Hyperon Ultra ships with adapter kits for Shimano HG and SRAM XDR compatibility, which means these wheels work across Campagnolo, Shimano, and SRAM groupsets without purchasing additional hardware. That level of drivetrain flexibility is unusual at this price point and makes the Hyperon Ultra a practical long-term investment if your component choices change over time. Every wheelset is hand-assembled by a specialist Campagnolo technician and verified by electronic instrumentation before leaving the factory — a process that adds to the price but ensures the wheel arrives correctly tensioned and centered.