April 8, 2021 at 3:00 pm
Zipp’s 3ZERO MOTO carbon mountain bike wheelset claims to help smooth out rough terrain, limit rim-smashing impacts, reduce pinch punctures and increase cornering grip through its built-in rim compliance.
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A new second-generation hub also improves claimed durability and further opens the wheels up to the electric mountain bike market.
The 3ZERO MOTO uses a single-wall construction. In this arrangement, there is only one layer of material, as opposed to the box-section structure of most rims (this is inspired by motocross wheels, hence the name)
This setup is built to allow ‘local flex’ in the rim, as SRAM (Zipp’s parent company) puts it.