Thread: Zipp Firecrest Clinchers - 303 or 404?
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Old 06-06-12, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ilovecycling
The 404 is only practical if you are doing long distance races on flat courses with a sprint finish.
My mind has been blown. 100g weight difference relegates these to the flats with a sprint finish? What??!?

Originally Posted by sbxx1985
I don't want to discourage your Zipp purchase. Zipps are Zipps.

Nonetheless, I think you should consider something like this:

http://www.novemberbicycles.com/rfsc-wheelset/
http://www.boydcycling.com/38mm-carbon-clinchers/
Until those companies start actively heat testing their epoxies and posting the results, I'd not recommend them for somebody that lives in the mountains.

There has not yet been a Zipp firecrest meltdown.
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