[CR]Yesterdays wheels...

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To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Jeff Stuecheli" <jeffas@us.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 12:16:05 -0500
Subject: [CR]Yesterdays wheels...

Hi,

Been lurking on the "yesterdays equipment in modern races" topic, and have seen several references to light weight wheels of the era being just as light as modern carbon rim jobs.

Which wheels/rims were these? How much did they weight? How well did they hold up?

For comparison, my zipp 404 weigh in at 1283 grams for the set (365 gm rims). The rim depth is pretty deep at 58mm. They hold up and ride very well (I am ~187 pounds). Cost is $1300 bucks for the set. The shallow rim zipp 202 set is 1040 gms. Braking is sub-par on the carbon rims (you do brake in racing, or you go off the side like Jan Ulrich a few years back...).

Jeff Stuecheli
Austin, TX