Zipp 404 700 Wheelset - Most Popular Wheelset?

There is a reason why the Zipp 404 700 wheelset is the most popular wheelset ever sold within a company known for its incredibly popular designs. Offering the best non-disc performance money can buy, the Zipp 404 offers the best and most popular of every world. It is essentially a very strong, very high tech wheel with that most common of tire types, the clincher.

As any cyclist in any discipline knows, the clincher is the most popular type of tire, being quick to replace and fairly easy to repair. However, this type of type is notorious for pinch flats, a shortcoming that has been addressed with considerable success with the Zipp 404 700. Customer reviews seem to bear out the company’s assertion that this wheelsets reduces the incidence of pinch-flats by as much as 40%, although it is advised that the discerning rider pay very close attention to the placement of the wheel tape. For reasons unknown, it makes a huge difference in this application.

With that dealt with, Zipp turned its attention to the go-fast department.  A proprietary dimpled design drastically reduces drag, the same way as those dimples do on a golf ball.  The Zipp 404 700 is well known as a stiff and snappy wheel, being just this side of a train-wheel for compressive rigidity.  Acceleration is among the best disc rims in the world, though some say it rides like an empty cement truck. We say they need to start driving to the finish line if it’s not worth it to win.

However, many say that because of its aluminum spokes, the 404 is perfectly livable as both a racing and daily training rim. This trait is one that is rare in high-end race bikes, but experienced riders have learned to expect nothing less from as quality a manufacturer as Zipp.

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