Absolutely stoked at the moment! just landed some sponsorship with the LBS and is hooking me up with a set of Zipp 1080 race wheels with Zipp tangent tyres for a year.
Ran a search but not much on the subject. Just wondering if any one has used this wheel set and their thoughts?
…and i know everyone Loves the disk/808 setup but i’m poor and stoked to have a set of race wheels for a year!
Don’t know what to tell you; should be a sweet set up. The 1080 front is going to be better than an 808…and as we all know, an aero front will save you more time than an aero back…possibly an 1080 front instead of an 808 front will make up for the fact that you wont be having a disk back.
That being said, I heard it claimed that an 1080 performed better than a disk at 0 degree of yaw.
THAT being said, 0 degree of yaw never happens.
Regardless, nothing but a strong crosswind should be able to stop you with these wheels ( :
From my armchair position, I’m wondering how soon it will be until we have full disc front and rear again (think 80’s TT). Blackwell has a wheel that has such short spokes that it’s almost not worth it. Folks ask about handling issues with 404’s rims…1080’s who knows?
Well, Zipp’s new favourite marketing piece is that their wheel shapes and dimples and pixie dust help prevent such a degree of side force from side winds.
I’m not saying that they do or don’t. My only anecdotal evidence is that I’ve got 606s and find them about as easy to control as 32 spoked wheels.
For most races a front disk isn’t allowed (USAT). I know a few have tried spoked wheels like Blackwells on the rear at IMH to get around the disk rule and those weren’t allowed. At some point I would think USAT would put in a maximum rim depth, as my guess is that you could drill three 1/16 holes in a disc at the hub and call it a really deep tri spoke.
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I am interested in these too. I have a set of 808’s right now and love them. From what is written, the 1080’s are even faster.
I’ve been watching all this season’s time trials on cycling.tv and I’m wondering why it appears that Slipstream is using the 1080 and CSC isn’t. Just this morning I watched Cancellara (CSC) beat Zabriski (Slipstream) in the TT at Tirreno Adriatico and Cancellara appeared to be sporting an 808 … just as he appears to have done at the other races I’ve seen him do. We talked about this some after Tour of California and there was speculation it was because CSC didn’t bring their best stuff over from Europe. Tirreno Adriatico is Europe and he’s still opting for an 808. (Forgive me if I’m slaying the spelling of that race.)
Edit: Just looked at some still photos from T/A. It’s hard to tell, but I’d say Neither Zabriski, nor Cancellara were on a 1080 and that Zabriski was running a Sub-9 disc and Cancellara was not. I know I’ve seen the Slipstream guys on the 1080 in previous races. Maybe they didn’t use them here because there was a bit of a cobbled climb towards the finish and they didn’t want to risk trashing their highest-zoot wheels?
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maybe zipp’s still pissed at Julich from when he gave away a wheel to a perfect stranger. now they’re taking it out on the whole team. 
It’s probably all personal preference on the wheel selection and the conditions. I guessing Cancellara will stick to the standard disc since it’s reported to be stiffer and he’s a big powerful boy.
i have never heard of a pro team wanting to be careful about not trashing their equipment in a race. those guys go through wheels, frames, components like they are water and would certainly run the wheel they felt was the best for the course - maybe the 1080 wasn’t good because of wind, or too heavy for climbing, or the guys don’t like it… but not because they were worried about damage.
maybe zipp’s still pissed at Julich from when he gave away a wheel to a perfect stranger. now they’re taking it out on the whole team.
But that thread went on forever! Think of the valuable publicity Zipp got out of that.
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I guessing Cancellara will stick to the standard disc since it’s reported to be stiffer and he’s a big powerful boy.
There’s a good point.
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