Hello,
I am looking for a little advice.
You won’t believe it but I am racing an early 90s Zipp 440 front wheel with a Mavic 501 hub and there is mechanically nothing wrong with it. It is paired with a 404 rear wheel.
However, it might be time to upgrade my front wheel.
My frame is a QRoo Lucero which has a rather short wheelbase of 97.8cm.
The traditional wisdom says, “deeper is faster” regarding rims. But looking a the aero data I found ( https://www.tour-magazin.de/...2989125/2989149.html ), there is hardly any difference between the Zipp 202, 303, and 404. But taking this and the wheelbase into account, I am not that certain.
What would be your recommendation on the wheel combination? And what important pieces I am missing?
Thank you,
Guido
P.S.: I was not abel to find any aero data on the old 440. So I have no idea how bad it actually is compared to newer wheels.
Edit: "Hardly any difference" up to 8 degrees of yaw which would translate to an approximately 7km/h crosswind at 40km/h riding speed.
I am looking for a little advice.
You won’t believe it but I am racing an early 90s Zipp 440 front wheel with a Mavic 501 hub and there is mechanically nothing wrong with it. It is paired with a 404 rear wheel.
However, it might be time to upgrade my front wheel.
My frame is a QRoo Lucero which has a rather short wheelbase of 97.8cm.
The traditional wisdom says, “deeper is faster” regarding rims. But looking a the aero data I found ( https://www.tour-magazin.de/...2989125/2989149.html ), there is hardly any difference between the Zipp 202, 303, and 404. But taking this and the wheelbase into account, I am not that certain.
What would be your recommendation on the wheel combination? And what important pieces I am missing?
Thank you,
Guido
P.S.: I was not abel to find any aero data on the old 440. So I have no idea how bad it actually is compared to newer wheels.
Edit: "Hardly any difference" up to 8 degrees of yaw which would translate to an approximately 7km/h crosswind at 40km/h riding speed.