I have a chance to buy one (photo down), but my question is how good it is? Is it comparable with Zipp? Anyone with experience?
Thanks
No brake track?
yes, but it went pretty well on crazy rainy downhill in IM Nice last year. So, breaking is not part of my worries.
I’ve seen a few around, thanks to a very active local importer. They seem well-made, their owners like them. It’s a completely flat disc, and will perform like any other flat disc - IE, generally excellent, better on some frames and less on others compared to a more lenticular disc (HEDs, some Zipps). Generally not a difference worth worrying about.
Corima is a top-tier brand. They’ve been around forever; I kinda think of them as the Zipp of Europe. Several pro cycling teams and triathletes use their stuff. I mostly think back to Jurgen Zack doing Kona on their quad-spokes.
http://cdn.triathlon.competitor.com/files/2014/06/103.jpg
It’s a great disc (as long as you like tubulars).
Discs are a great buy used, since they are race-only (so typically very low mileage).
Tubular or clincher, if it is tubie I would pass given the current state of technology in clinchers.
Corima is an excellent brand run by a very good friend of mine. They design and make their own stuff (in France) at a very high quality. That particular disc is very similar to a Zipp 900.
Tubular or clincher, if it is tubie I would pass given the current state of technology in clinchers.
Oh really? Enlighten me…
So much already discussed on forumn re clincher vs tubular, don’t want to reinvent well.
Sounds like someone doesn’t know their discs… Or tubs for that matter.
Definitely not, just to much to do tonight then compile a list of threads where this has been discussed.
Fastest discs are tubular. So are the fastest tires (when properly glued and inflated). There is no advantage to a clincher disc (changing a tub is much faster). We’re talking about a race-only commodity, so why not go tubular?
Like I said, there are numerous threads where this has been discussed. I am not going to rehash, my thoughts have been stated in a lot of those threads as well. I will say it would be to your value to look into them instead of starting another tubie vs clincher thread. I am sure others will chime in regardless.
Passing up on a good disc at a good price because it’s a tub is not to the OP’s benefit.
Biggest (only?) advantage of tubs: cheaper used than used clincher equivelants.
808s or 808/900 easily found for under $1k in the ST Classifiess.
Disclosure: I had a 900 tubular, sold it to buy a Flo disc (clincher), sold that to buy another 900 tubular because I missed the sound.
And in terms of tires, this whole thing got screwed up when Schwalbe switched to Butyl. I don’t want to run a 27mm tire on a 19mm disc.
Are you sure it isn’t a track disc? IE one without a brake track?
jake
no, no. It’s a proper road disk wheel for sure
Fastest discs are tubular. So are the fastest tires (when properly glued and inflated). There is no advantage to a clincher disc (changing a tub is much faster). We’re talking about a race-only commodity, so why not go tubular?
Sorry dude. You are wrong on this one.
Fastest disc is a carbon clincher.
i think the lightweight disc is nicer than zipp it’s a lb less and very very stiff and i hear clinchers with latex now have rr similar to tubs
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Fastest discs are tubular. So are the fastest tires (when properly glued and inflated). There is no advantage to a clincher disc (changing a tub is much faster). We’re talking about a race-only commodity, so why not go tubular?
Sorry dude. You are wrong on this one.
Fastest disc is a carbon clincher.
http://www.slowtwitch.com/...n_Clincher_3177.html
Actually you’re wrong. Not only is that disc dated (the article is from 2012 and is essentially a paid Zipp advertisement with no actual data) so the new Pro and Campy discs weren’t around then and I’d wager they’re both faster. Also the Drag2Zero disc is definitely faster. I’m sure my Autobahn, as well as many others, are faster given the right yaw and frame.