Tried the Zipp 404 Carbon Clinchers today
06-19-11, 04:03 PM
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What's so wrong with that?
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06-19-11, 04:08 PM
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06-19-11, 04:37 PM
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Remember the video of Jens voigt on a new racebike being out accelerated by a 99 year old bike?
People fooling themselves almost never actually know consciously that they are doing so ... you, for instance, are a fine example of this.
06-19-11, 05:01 PM
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06-19-11, 05:11 PM
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Lighten the Eff Up Hans.
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06-19-11, 05:47 PM
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Your telling me you won't be able to tell the difference between a pair of boat anchor 1900gr Aksiums vs a pair of 1100gr 303's? Then I guess you also think that the weight of the bike makes no difference either.
06-19-11, 05:54 PM
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I think that's a safe assumption.
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06-19-11, 06:11 PM
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So I take it you've never ridden a high end set of wheels.
Your telling me you won't be able to tell the difference between a pair of boat anchor 1900gr Aksiums vs a pair of 1100gr 303's? Then I guess you also think that the weight of the bike makes no difference either.
Your telling me you won't be able to tell the difference between a pair of boat anchor 1900gr Aksiums vs a pair of 1100gr 303's? Then I guess you also think that the weight of the bike makes no difference either.
You had me at 1100gr 303's...
...you had me at...
...1100gr 303's.
(sniff, sniff).
06-19-11, 06:15 PM
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06-19-11, 06:31 PM
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Amateurs buying them for "race days" wheels are silly, they'll still be beating by someone with more wattage on box rims. Riding them everyday is where it's at.
06-19-11, 06:34 PM
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That's what the heavy bomb-proof wheels are for. It lowers the cost of wheel damage sustained while training, and it (very importantly) maximizes the placebo effect of the sexy carbon wheels on race day.
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06-20-11, 03:52 AM
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Fredlier still.
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06-20-11, 03:56 AM
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Especially for normal riding that is not pro racing ... any wheelset above $300 is completely wasted.
Sure ... you could give a $1000 five star 7 course meal to a starving little boy in South Sudan ... but I'm pretty sure he'd be equally fed with a normal healthy $10 meal and he'd be pleased for much longer for the same money spent.
If people want to spend ludicrous amounts on things it is their good right, but they should admit that they just want it for the bling and not for the added benefit.
06-20-11, 04:10 AM
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Fapping over wheels? Now that's just lame.
06-20-11, 06:18 AM
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Yes. I'm so goo-goo-ga-ga that 99% of my riding is on my beat up old Reynolds Solitudes and a pair of Ksyriums, and my latest road frame purchase was a Lynskey.
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06-20-11, 08:46 AM
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Zipp...come in, you all are just jealous you don't have Lightweights...
