Karl.n wrote:
In the Rule of 105 thread a few weeks back the main takeaway is most hookless wheels aren’t optimized for both minimum tire size and 105% run width. This along with Zipps and updated Hunts should giveaway few options for hookless wheels that do it all.My takeway from that thread was that most people are wanting and most mfg's are recommending a wider tire for comfort and stability. Aero and speed seem to be less of a priority on all the recent hookless wheels released but that's likely because the wheels are mostly for road and gravel use. Hence why people are running 28 or 30 mm tires on a zipp 454. But if you want to optimize aero and going for every last second, you probably should be running a 25 mm tire on that wheel.
Now is that hookless 454 on a 25 mm tire faster than its predecessor (hooked 454) with the appropriately sized tire (23mm)? That remains to be seen.
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