Is this a Zipp 2001 or Softride?

http://i1071.photobucket.com/albums/u516/djciii/ee36a004.jpg
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The beam would suggest it is a Softride. Like the colour!!

Softride Powerwing, I have one hanging in my garage. Although that one is a particularly ugly color and appears to be missing the logo on the frame.

That looks to be a first generation Zipp, when they used a Softride beam. The next gen Zipp had an in-house rigid beam on an elastomer, and Softride made their own carbon frame for their beam.
It’s a rare find, indeed.
Cheers,
John

I thought it was a softride too. Guy keeps telling me it’s an older model Zipp but I can’t find any like this.

I second it being a 1st gen Zipp 2001 based on the shape of the seat stays and the shaping of of frame near the beam junction. The softride had a horizontal top section just under the beam junction, the Zipp has the “top tube” angled at the same angle as the beam. It is indeed a Zipp.

The guy selling it is correct.
I rode Softrides for years, both their carbon and aluminum frames. I rode with a couple of guys who had the both the original and 2nd gen Zipp. I know my beam bikes.
As I stated earlier, it is NOT a Softride frame. It IS an original Zipp, built around a Softride beam.
John

Check out the link. Velo news does a tour of Zipp. I think it’s photo 23, showing first gen Zipp bike, looks like your pic exactly.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/01/gallery/zipp-keeping-it-in-the-neighborhood_154336

Neat bikes.

I’ll try to post pic below
http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2011/01/IMG_7789-630x421.jpg

Its a Zipp.

yes, definitely a late 80’s zipp 2001. I’ve seen (looks like that same one) for sale a couple of times in the past year. It would look great next to my other one, but sadly not in the cards right now :confused:

just in case you weren’t convinced, download the 1992 Zipp catalog:

http://www.birota.ru/...ex.php?g=b&b=242

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