I’m undertaking a product design (PD) project at Uni, and running through the market research phase at present. I could really do with your help if you could spare 5min? My elected PD topic is a new all carbon fibre 700c wheel. Why all carbon fibre? a) because of a personal interest in CF, b) it narrows the products in the market I have to consider – making my project more manageable. I’ve tried to make the questionnaire simple to answer to attract as many responses as possible, however, please feel free to include any additional comments as you see fit. Some of the question may seem a little ambiguous, but it’s difficult to be relative or objective when not everyone has, or have tried the same baseline hardware. Q1 - Guided by your own opinion, please rate the importance of the following attributes, applying a score of 0-10, 10 being very important (multiple items can carry the same score) a. Low mass b. High lateral stiffness c. Controlled radial stiffness (compliance) d. Drive take-up (speed of free-hub engagement) e. Aesthetics Q2 – What would be your preferred tyre system: a. Tubular b. Clincher c. Tubeless Clincher Q3 – What would be your preferred brake system for a composite wheel: a. Disc brake b. Rim Brake c. Universal (would inevitably suffer a mass penalty – assume 100g/wheel) Q4 – What would be your preferred rim depth a. 20-30mm b. 30-40mm c. 40-50mm d. >50mm Q5 – What would be your preferred tyre width a. 21 b. 23 c. 25 d. Other Q6 – If you were a sponsored athlete, and could have the pick from the following hardware, which would be your choice and why? a. Lightweight Meilenstein b. Reynolds RZR 46 c. Madfibre (pretend you can still get them...) d. Corima Aero MCC e. Mavic Cosmic Carbone Ultimate f. Other I look forward to seeing peoples views! Thanks for you time and Help A