Fulcrum Sharq 57 Disc Brake 2-Way Fit Wheelset

The Fulcrum Sharq 57 Disc Brake 2-Way Fit Wheelset is Fulcrum's answer for a rider who wants one wheelset that holds an aero line on tarmac and still swallows a wide gravel tire without complaint. It's the deeper-profile evolution of the Sharq 42, built on the same all-road philosophy but pushed further into the aerodynamic tier Fulcrum positions at the top of its road wheel lineup. At 57-62mm, the rim sits well into deep-section territory, yet the full wheelset comes in at a claimed 1,520 grams — light enough that the aero gain doesn't carry the usual weight and handling penalty of a full carbon deep-section wheel.

The rim is full carbon, built in Fulcrum's FF100 layup with a Direct Inmold Matt Finish, shaped to a 29.8mm outer width and 25mm internal width on a mini-hook bead. That width does as much work as the depth: it's wide enough to properly support tires from 29mm up to 76mm, so the same rim shape carries a 28mm road tire or a wide all-road tire without fighting the tire's intended profile. Fulcrum's 2-Way Fit system means the rim bed is engineered for tubed and tubeless setups from the factory, so running tubeless is simply how the wheel was built, not a workaround applied after the fact.

Fulcrum builds the hubs around USB ceramic bearings — Ultra Smooth Bearings — mounted on an adjustable cup-and-cone system rather than sealed cartridges. That keeps the low-flange aluminum hubs spinning with less friction while staying serviceable in the field instead of requiring a full bearing swap down the road. The rear hub is available in four freehub body configurations — HG11 for Shimano and SRAM 11-speed, Microspline, Campagnolo N3W, and XDR — covering the current drivetrain landscape rather than locking the wheelset to a single groupset ecosystem. Both wheels run on a 12mm thru-axle, 100mm front and 142mm rear, with a Centerlock disc mount and a 120kg (264 lb) system weight limit.

Spoke count is 24 front and rear, using straight-pull stainless steel A3RO spokes in a double-butted profile, and Fulcrum builds the wheel around its 2:1 Two-to-One spoke ratio for disc brakes. The reasoning: a disc-brake front wheel resists braking torque concentrated on one side, and a disc-brake rear wheel resists both braking and drivetrain torque unevenly across the hub, so Fulcrum tensions spokes differently side to side rather than splitting the load evenly the way a rim-brake wheel would. It's a detail most riders never think about, but it's the reason a well-built disc wheel holds its trueness under real braking and pedaling loads rather than just under static weight on a truing stand.

Each Sharq wheelset ships with Fulcrum's F.I.C. — Fulcrum Identification Card — a traceability document tied to the individual wheelset that reflects the brand's handmade build process rather than a mass-assembled one. Combined with the adjustable bearing system, it's a wheelset built with the expectation that a rider will service and keep it, not replace it.

At $2,900, the Sharq 57 is a serious upgrade wheelset rather than an entry point — the kind of purchase a rider makes once they already know their bike and want it to go faster and clear more terrain without owning two separate wheelsets to do it. It suits a road rider chasing aero gains on longer, faster rides, and it suits a rider who splits time between smooth tarmac and rougher all-road routes. The depth and width work together rather than against each other, which is the point of building it as an all-road wheelset instead of a pure race wheel.