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fly:yes/land:no
are you sure about the same force? my guess would be that you got them to the same speed and then watched them wind down. this would account for the zipp clinchers spinning longer because they will have a higher inertia at the same speed than an ac tubular.
I did try the "experiment" twice being very careful to apply the same force to each wheel. I did it once by gently spinning both at the same time, and on the second one I spun them both hard simultaneously with the same result. It would be interesting to know who builds the hubs for AC - I didn't know until very recently that Zipp supplies the carbon rims to AC. I discovered that when I inquired as to what was holding up my wheel build at the factory, and was told they were awaiting a shipment of rims from Zipp.