ninjanoir78

Hi, what do you think about zipp 101, my weight is 215 lbs and I already have a zipp 404 clincher, I live in a pretty flat area.. I have a old easton circuit wheels but I am looking for a new clincher alloy wheels

thanks

adriano 

pass.

ninjanoir78

some Explanation??

FlashBazbo

101s are relatively heavy -- and significantly heavier than their primary competition, the HED Ardennes. OTOH, they share the achilles heel of the Ardennes which is a low spoke count of very light spokes. (They specify the same spoke brand and model.) HED puts a 190 lb. weight limit on the Ardennes. I had spoke trouble with mine at 168 lbs.

I suspect you would have spoke issues with the 101 at 215 lbs.

ninjanoir78

really.. anyway .. the price is pretty expensive for a clincher aluminium wheels ... no?? 1300$$

FlashBazbo

Yes. Especially for heavy clincher aluminum wheels.

alpha_bravo

They say they're the most aero aluminum clinchers on the market. I'm sure they're more aero than anything else out there, but is it a difference you can feel or is it significantly measurable in the real world? As much as all the marketing hype claims I doubt it highly. If you need new clinchers just pick up some EA70's or go custom. The more I ride, the more I've found that if you've ridden one Al clincher, you've ridden them all.

sqharaway

Price is wayyyyyy high, but check out the review on testrider.com if you're itching to blow the money. Also, check out the ROL Race SL if you're looking for new aluminums--30 mm deep, Sapin CX Ray spokes, solid price.

FlashBazbo

testrider.com NEVER fails to rave over a primary sponsor's products. If you want to be convinced to buy SRAM/Zipp/affiliated company products, testrider.com is the place to hear positive reviews. (Are they owned by SRAM/Zipp or just heavily sponsored by them?)

cheval

I believe the 404s(that you already have) are the ideal all around wheel set.

sirious94

yes, why do you want aluminum clinchers? there is no real reason except for training if you have 404s in which case, just get some training wheels in the $300 or less range, so you can put on the nice ones when races come around. \

Also as far as aero goes, you have aero race wheels, so for training (which is the only use I can think you are buying them for) then you really don't need to worry about aero.

And they are way expensive at $1300, you can find comperable wheels around the $700 range

sqharaway

Don't know who owns them. But they also give rave reviews of Shimano Di2 (I know, everyone does). But they do give attention to other companies besides SRAM/Zipp. Actually to me they just seem to like everything they get...

freeskihp

carbon wheels are inherently more fragile than aluminum wheels and should be treated as such. training/riding "all around" on aluminum wheels makes for a far less stressful ride. That being said, get some ksyrium sl's or elites(the 2011's look really classy)

teterider

What we need is a Top Gear for bikes, with someone like Thor Hushovd disguised as the Stig, and on a channel or website like the BBC which is not supported by advertising. Then they can say anything they want.

datlas 

Do you even race?

I know it's a free country, and folks are free to spend their money as they like....but unless you are racing, coughing up money for ZIPPs seems kinda silly to me.

I know a guy, for example, who is a good guy and weighs about as much as the OP, rides ZIPPs and twiddles about at 15MPH.

OK I will get off the soapbox now.

Addicted2speed

For $650 you can get the Rol Race SL-R (extra spoke count). The wheels are exceelent and put Mavic's to shame Save your $$, get some ROL's

sqharaway

This is the second ROL recommendation in this thread. Maybe you should listen to us?

JeffS

No. Noone really knows anything about them.


All you're going to get in the way of feedback is people who have never ridden them telling you to buy something else.