New Zipp 454 Wheels...unique new rim design.

[MaraudingWalrus]

These (http://www.zipp.com/wheels/454-nsw-carbon-clincher---/) popped up on the Zipp website today...

Interesting rim design, for sure.

[batman1425]

I feel like I saw something resembling this in the interbike or eurobike coverage. It was unlabeled at the time.

[rePhil]

Wheel prices are crazy these days. I'll stick to my Zonda's

[chiasticon]

kill it with fire!

https://media.tenor.co/images/9a2833fe61ae5dea8ad8b682e2856e09/raw

[ColonelJLloyd]

$4k MSRP and 1,525g.

Not attractive to me versus aluminum rimmed handbuilts. Good for them for developing.

[Jgrooms]

Thanks for posting. Pretty cool vid.

Outta my $ range. However, I like new tech, then the used market gets better.

I have two sets of 10 spd FC 404s and run the piss out of them. Throw generic bearings in when needed & keep going. They are fast & compliant. Perfect for long solo miles.

Next up is a set of 202s from Eric, as soon as Zipp ships them back after recall.

Which, btw, their CS has been easy to work with.


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[weisan]

Not the first, certainly won't be the last.

http://s.hswstatic.com/gif/bungled-personal-flight-attempt-1.jpg

[adub]

Cool design and good to see all the tech that goes into cycling products. I'll be waiting for this technology to "trickle down" to the Paceline classifieds..

[soulspinner]

$4k MSRP and 1,525g.

Not attractive to me versus aluminum rimmed handbuilts. Good for them for developing.

saw a test of them. actual weight 100 grams or so heavier....

[snah]

Already seen on the streets locally....

[managerx]

2017 is shaping up to be an interesting year for bike design. I find these wheels to be ugly as sin...similarly I think the Cervelo P5X look more like a Japanese motorcycle than a bike.

That being said - I am happy to see the big brands focusing on R&D and pushing the limits of design and engineering. It can only mean good things as it trickles down from their ltd. run wheels to their main stream line. It wasn't that long ago that wide rims were an odd thing - and now we're (mostly) all on board with that.

But wow...that is such an unattractive rim. I think someone said it earlier and maybe in a diff. thread but - the tri guys and gals are going to be all over this!

[dzxc]

Already seen on the streets locally....

Must be a Silca employee? That Silca seat roll isn't out until later this month and I see you're in Indianapolis, where Silca HQ is located.

[ColnagoFan]

Must be a Silca employee? That Silca seat roll isn't out until later this month and I see you're in Indianapolis, where Silca HQ is located.

Zipp too! ;)

[-dustin]

Must be a Silca employee? That Silca seat roll isn't out until later this month and I see you're in Indianapolis, where Silca HQ is located.
i'd bet a sram employee.

[asiantrick]

:crap::crap:

[sailorboy]

kill it with fire!

https://media.tenor.co/images/9a2833fe61ae5dea8ad8b682e2856e09/raw

thank you, this caused a legit belly laugh...

jeezus H ... $4000 msrp? I can't afford these now, and I definitely won't be able to afford them when my investments tank after Drumpf is elected. :bike:

[pdmtong]

Must be a Silca employee? That Silca seat roll isn't out until later this month and I see you're in Indianapolis, where Silca HQ is located.

I like the BOA aspect of the silca seat roll but think the snap closure at the other end is a failure just waiting to happen as it gets worn from moving the roll from bike to bike.

as for the 454...well, they are hard to look at. that extra 15% doesnt matter to me. and with all the talk about whales, how come none of the zipp add copy has a picture of said whale. of course the Bora One 35 I got this year made a huge difference

[snah]

i'd bet a sram employee.

Believe you got it, races for Zipp though.

[bitpuddle]

Already seen on the streets locally....

What frame is that?

[snah]

What frame is that?

Think it's a Giant TCR Advance Pro

[maverick_1]

Interesting comment by a Formula One and aerodynamics expert

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/product-news/wheels-inspired-by-whales-dont-work-because-they-create-more-drag-302735

[oldpotatoe]

Interesting comment by a Formula One and aerodynamics expert

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/product-news/wheels-inspired-by-whales-dont-work-because-they-create-more-drag-302735

Cuz zipp knows wheels are sold sitting still, in the hands of the sales person..

"Ballard added “we did this in F1 first and in air they don’t work because of Reynolds numbers – the density of air is much less than water.”

Perhaps then, wheels that feature tubercles/bumps on the rim will be excellent when ridden underwater, or at the very least through very deep puddles?!"

funny!!

almost $4500?? YGBSM..

[cadence90]

Cuz zipp knows wheels are sold sitting still, in the hands of the sales person..

"Ballard added “we did this in F1 first and in air they don’t work because of Reynolds numbers – the density of air is much less than water.”

Perhaps then, wheels that feature tubercles/bumps on the rim will be excellent when ridden underwater, or at the very least through very deep puddles?!"

funny!!

almost $4500?? YGBSM..

So Ballard is essentially completely confirming Zipp's real but secret marketing strategery:
that hyper-expensive tubercled bumpy wheels will make rich whales think that using them will increase their chances of getting away from those non-tubercled slick sharks.

I think I read just the other day that the whale queue at the ZippShop off Long Island has now stretched all the way around to Atlantic City!

Those whales, they always fall for the latest tricks....

[jr59]

So Ballard is essentially completely confirming Zipp's real but secret marketing strategery:
that hyper-expensive tubercled bumpy wheels will make rich whales think that using them will increase their chances of getting away from those non-tubercled slick sharks.

I think I read just the other day that the whale queue at the ZippShop off Long Island has now stretched all the way around to Atlantic City!

Those whales, they always fall for the latest tricks....


Well played Sir!

Although, I thought all the whales were going back to Vegas these days.

[cadence90]

Well played Sir!

Although, I thought all the whales were going back to Vegas these days.

:beer:

I really thought so too, especially after watching 'Rounder Flounders' 10 years ago, but apparently Zipp is holding back on releasing their new "super-tubercled + super-bumpy" wheels for both Amtrak and all G5/G6 models, and, once Pirelli "opted out" for car tires, well of course all the other fellas did too.

So, it seems that Zipp have decided to wait it out until after all the post-X-mas sales, and so hope to up profit in '17 instead.

Tough market, the tubercled-bumpy one, but to be completely honest I really pity much more those poor whales...having to spend an entire winter stuck in AC. :eek: