Best wheels on the market, anytime.
Artech series features our newest technologies, developed for pure performance, and provides the fastest and lightest wheelsets of our portfolio and even on the market. Available for Road, All-road, Gravel and Triathlon.
Race-bred performance derived from the Artech
Derived from the award-winning Artech series and build from the same engineering DNA, the R-Series brings revolutionary technology to a broader stage, delivering best in class aerodynamics, at a race ready weight, and durability designed to last.
Technologies
Algorithm Enhanced Aerodynamics
The shape of the Artech rims is defined by the Algorithm Enhanced Aerodynamics (AEA) technology. This algorithm optimizes the most aerodynamic rim-profile guaranteeing optimal aerodynamic performance.
The initial AEA algorithm, developed in 2017 in collaboration with the University of Technology Delft (aerospace engineering), was 2D-based and included the interaction effect of the rim and tire in the optimization. To redefine the benchmark of aerodynamics, Scope evolved their algorithm by making it 3D-based including the complete bike with components into the optimization.
Surface structure Aerodynamics
After the optimum rim profiles were defined, Scope studied the world of surface structures. During this research, they learned about fish scales reducing the aerodynamic drag, derived from nature, and recently successfully applied and tested in the aerospace industry.
Fish scales help to reduce drag as the fish moves through the water. The shape and arrangement of scales contribute to the fish’s ability to streamline its body and move efficiently through the water.
In case of a smooth rim surface the laminar airflow becomes unstable over time. This effect is referred to as the Tollmien–Schlichting wave. The patent pending Aeroscales generate velocity streaks traveling at different speed over our rim surface. These velocity streaks have a stabilizing effect on the airflow thereby reducing drag.
AEROSCALES
To investigate the effect of the Aeroscales, Scope created 3D printed prototypes of the Artech rims including and excluding the Aeroscales. The rim with Aeroscales showed a significant reduction in drag above and below 10 degrees yaw angle as can be seen in below drag curve.
The Aeroscales significantly reduce drag above and below 10 degrees yaw angle. Measured in the Silverstone Sport Engineering wind tunnel in the UK (June 2023).
Aerodynamics: Drag benchmark
Artech defines a new approach on aerodynamics resulting in the fastest most side-wind stable wheels on the market, validated in three different wind-tunnels, against different test protocols, and tested by independent experts.
Since the new R-Series adopts the proven rim profiles of the Artech series, we anticipated a comparable level of aerodynamic performance. Testing confirmed that the patented Aeroscales surface (exclusively featured on the Artech series ) delivers a significant reduction in drag at yaw angles both above and below 10 degrees.
The graph shows the average power required to ride 45 km/h according to the Tour magazine protocol (wheels incl. bike) measured at the Silverstone Sports Engineering wind tunnel, august 2025.
