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Hands down the best aero wheels out there. Said to give you up to 10% increase!

Any idea why zipp changed away from the proven CX-rays on their current wheels? Cost? Durability? Other?

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Haha, I'd have no prob elm saying that if it were true...but, not so much with this guy. He likes to go fast in straight lines only :D

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Not sure I understand what you are saying here. Riding faster and braking less in the corners is the result of a change in wheel or hub design????

The Axial-Clutch Hubs as well as the Showstopper Breaking Surface seem to be the reason. I didn't look at them too closely, but was pretty amazed at how they handled in the cross-winds and technical terrain we had here in Germany. I'll be looking forward to testing them out in the wet.

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Carson Christen
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Torden Multisport

So the rims are a better braking surface so you don't have to break until the last minute? That makes sense. Not sure how the hubs would influnce this though.

Triathletes are experts at shifting their weight back and threshold braking with the front wheel. That brake surface will really make a huge difference.


Hey, it could be a big time savings since most triathletes can't handle a bike and need to slow to 5mph for a U turn you could take at 15 or slow to 2mph entering T2 when you can step off at 12-mph.

Of course, you could spend $3000 on one on one coaching to teach you how to handle a bike.

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Don't get me started. I don't see where this is a practical advantage to a triathlete. A time trialist on technical course, maybe. A mountain decent, maybe. But except for the bike dismount line, I doubt I ever use my brakes in most triathlons.

I too am not sure why Zipp focused on braking situations. I think the axial clutch would benefit the rider more when tucked and coasting. In those situations, the lack of pawl drag would presumable result in increased speed. Now of course it would seem highly likely that the decreased pawl drag and resulting increased speed would be so insignificant as to be immeasurable, but it would be interesting to see someone test this.

For me, the silent assassin hub with no noise while coasting would appeal to me even more than the lack of pawl drag.

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Not only does your premise suck, so does your math.

They've done studies, you know... 60% of the time, it works every time!

Any ideas if and when the NSW will come to the disk?

I spoke to the Zipp rep today at my shop. He brought in some Zipp 808 NSW and Sram eTap to play with. I asked him about an NSW disc and he said nothing on the table right now. It could be a few years if they even decide to do it. Looking at technology roll down, I would expect Zipp to make one eventually.

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Discs sell in such low volumes and are so hard to manufacture I expect it to take a while. A 404, 303, and probably a 202 version will come out before the disc.

Edit: The 404 NSW basically already exists. Firestrike rim plus the new hubs.