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Zipp meets customer’s needs for the highest performance, superlative quality components through innovative design and manufacturing utilizing the best material and technology available. Formula 1 stopping power for carbon or aluminium rims. Working with Kool Stop, BP-Amaco and SGL-Hitco (the number 1 manufacturer of brakes for Formula 1 racing) Zipp have engineered the first thermally conductive , low temperature brake pad for the bike market. You stop faster and with less wear and tear to your aluminium or silica-ceramic braking surfaces. Zipp Brake Blocks Carbon Rims are one of the few pads that don’t contain abrasives, the possibility for heat-flatting under extreme conditions with aluminium rims is minimized add a further dimension of safety to your riding.

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The Zipp 202 Tubular Rear Wheel has proven itself for more than just going uphill. That said, the 202’s domain lies in the high mountains. But even a 1081g-per-pair climbing wheelset still has to get you to the base of the ascent and back down from the top. So Zipp designed the 202 in this context. As the first climbing wheelset developed in the wind tunnel, it rolls more efficiently on the flats than most 46-50mm rims. Plus, it’s stiff enough to deliver surefooted cornering on the trickiest descents and rapid accelerations to make your attacks even sharper. For 2009, Zipp spec’d the 202 with the all-new 88/188 hubset and moved to external spoke nipples for easier service with no aero penalty. As always, Zipp’s VCLC and Carbon Bridge technologies ensure that the 202’s r

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The Zipp 404 Clincher Rear Wheel uses the same go-anywhere, win-anything 58mm rim depth of its tubular brother, but with the everyday convenience of clincher tires and the reliability of an aluminium braking track. Plus, Zipp’s M2CM technology maximizes rim strength and durability by fusing the aluminium hoop to the inner carbon section. Put simply, if you were sent on a round-the-world mission to win as many cycling events as possible and could only bring one wheelset , this would be it. Triathlon, road racing and time trials. Flats, rolling hills and mountains.