Hunt Race Aero SuperDura wheels: test ridden by a 116kg rugby player over Roubaix cobbles

New wheels are designed to handle a 130kg rider weight limit

When Hunt Bike Wheels wanted someone to test its new Race Aero SuperDura wheelset, it turned to ex-Leicester Tigers pro rugby player Will Johnson. Weighing 116kg, he was just the man to put the new wheels through their paces, and where better than the cobbles of the Paris-Roubaix sportive?

Johnson is a member of Hunt’s OpenDev programme which it set up to test its prototype products prior to their release. He roped in another ex-rugby man who weighed 125kg to help out too.

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