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Zipp Introduces Two New Affordable, Aero Clinchers – 30 Alloy & 60 Carbon/Alloy Road Wheels

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Zipp quietly popped two new wheels up on their website today, the alloy 30 Clincher and the 60 Clincher. Both use their hybrid toroidal rim shape, albeit in a different mix of materials, and both get new hubs laced with Sapim CX-Ray spokes.

The 30’s have an all alloy rim that’s 30mm deep, 21.5mm across at it’s widest point and 20.4mm at the brake track. The front is laced radially with 18 spokes, the rear has 20 spokes laced radially on the driveside and 1x on non-drive. They’re meant to be a do-it-all performance training wheel, capable of riding rough, dirty roads while still claiming to offer better aerodynamics than many deeper “V” section rims. It’s also meant to be plenty durable and simple to use, with the new hubs requiring no preload and minimal maintenance.

Click on through for more, and a glimpse at the carbon-alloy 60’s…

Zipp 30 Clincher alloy aero road bike wheels

The 30 Clinchers will come in all black with “Classic White” logos. The medium depth and wide rim are designed to be laterally stiff while providing room for slightly fatter tires and giving them a solid footprint. This generally allows for slightly lower pressures (max is 125psi), which all comes together in a more forgiving ride and better traction without sacrificing efficiency or aerodynamics.

Zipp 30 Clincher alloy aero road bike wheels

The new 122 (front) and 249 (rear) hubs use a 7075-T6 alloy shell and will come ready for 11-speeds. They’re rolling on stainless steel bearings. Nipples are external for easy truing. Wheelset weight is 1655g (765g front, 890g rear).

Zipp 30 Clincher alloy aero road bike wheels

They include Zipp’s Tangente butyl road inner tube with removable core, quick release skewers and rim strips. Brake pads are not included. Retail is $390 (€360) front and $460 (€425) rear.

Zipp 60 Clinchers carbon fiber and alloy aero road bike wheels

The Zipp 60 Clinchers come with the same accessories, use the same hub and spokes and are also designed to offer high performance without robbing your piggy bank. They use Zipp’s dimpled surface on the carbon fiber inner section, which is fused to an alloy hoop that comprises the tire bed and brake track. They’re deeper at 58mm, and both wider and narrower. Max width is 23.5mm at the outskirts of the toroidal shape, but just 18.7mm at the brake track. Pricing on these isn’t set yet.

Both should be available 2nd week of March, 2013. If you’re looking for carbon, they introduced the new 202 Clinchers late last year, and we got a short ride on them in Vegas.

Thanks to Andrew for the tip!

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ChrisC
ChrisC
11 years ago

Aren’t those 60’s basically just the old pre-Firecrest 404’s?

bigrider
bigrider
11 years ago

“Zipp” and “affordable” in the same headline? The world must be coming to an end!!!

Bill
Bill
11 years ago

ChrisC – and the 30 is the SRAM S30 from last year. This is a redecalling of old stuff.

Sven Nijs
Sven Nijs
11 years ago

Does new names/decals = new wheels? As has been said, looks like their just superseded technology sold at reduced prices.

bin judgin
bin judgin
11 years ago

redesigned hubs, and redesigned rims. and i believe the rims are being made overseas.

so no, not redecalling of old stuff.

Colin
Colin
11 years ago

Yep, all of Sram’s road line of wheels has been pulled from their website unless I’m missing something. I guess they weren’t selling well, and they figure they’ll sell better with the Zipp name on them.

BillyBob
BillyBob
11 years ago

@the haters SRAM S30 had different hubs,internal nipples and different shaped rim, but I guess that makes them the same,

Brendan
Brendan
11 years ago

$850 for wheels you’d never race?

Will
Will
11 years ago

I am actually looking for a mid level wheel. . . but I didn’t see a price on the Zipp 60 (old 404)??

ric
ric
11 years ago

You would be crazy to race on $3000 wheels if you ask me.

dale
dale
11 years ago

Kinda cool to see more wheels from Zipp even if the changes are minor. They should make these tubeless and wide. Sram could do that. For now I think those semi-aero American Classic road tubeless and the Shimano tubeless options are a step ahead of these, especially with the weight!

About price – 600-900 is fair for a solid winter training wheel imo.

Topmounter
Topmounter
11 years ago

Do they have any that don’t say ZIPP on the side?

Steve
11 years ago

@Will – http://www.zipp.com/wheels/60-clincher/# – Scroll to the bottom of the “Overview” tab. $675 / €623 front & ?$825/€762 rear

Tyler
11 years ago

Steve – Thanks, they didn’t have that info up when we posted, looks like they’re just getting the info online. Video was posted just this morning.

WC
WC
11 years ago

$850 bucks for the 300…

Lets see:
Kinlin XR279 rims $120
44 Sapim CX-Rays $110-150
Novatec Hubs $140ish
Total under $400, 1500g

bin judgin
bin judgin
11 years ago

who are these masters of wheelbuilding that figured out you can use “third tier”* parts and get away with price murder?!?!??! OMGGGG!!!!

*before you p!ss your pants in some nerd fight, i understand all the BS about the differences between third tier, etc etc etc. its all the same sh!t.

Ck
Ck
11 years ago

Paying a lot of money for a heavy set of wheels with some Zipp decals..

Jacob
Jacob
11 years ago

They seem a bit too heavy to me. A training wheel maybe but $1000 is a lot to pay for purely a training wheel.

Paul
Paul
11 years ago

For the same price I have a set of Reynolds Solace alloy wheels. They are 200 grams lighter and are tubeless. They wents to Stans and got the rims approved and have the Stan’s sticker on them so these are no tubes legit.

Double D
Double D
11 years ago

HOW HEAVY!!!! and for that money is a joke. probably still have spoke brakes and bearing exploding.

Colin
Colin
11 years ago

@Billybob, Really? Look pretty similar to me, both have a hybrid toroidial shaped rim, very similar looking hubs (main difference seems to be the end caps), they even have the same spoke count and lacing pattern! Claimed weights are the exact same as well. Close enough that I think it’s a fair claim that these are probably the same or EXTREMELY similar to the Sram S30 wheels.

Colin
Colin
11 years ago

By the way, I have nothing against either of these wheels! In fact I kind of like that they now say Zipp, because I can put them on my Shimano equipped bikes and not look out of place!

Surlyrider
11 years ago

cough*http://www.revolutionwheelworks.com/*cough

Tim
Tim
11 years ago

Those are the same basic hubs and rims they had on the old SRAM s30 wheels. Junk hubs that creaked and failed. Heavy rims. Definitely not Zipp quality stuff here

bin judgin
bin judgin
11 years ago

I wonder if they are using the bearings that come in Zipps or an inferior bearing. the zipp bearings are truly something.

The rims are different. Clearly different. The spoke bed has been changed obviously if they take external vs internal, the hubs have a non adjustable preload axle design which was terrible in the s30 hubs,.

Still don’t want them but please don’t be ignorant.

ijws
ijws
11 years ago

I actually spent a bewildering-ly good weekend on a pair of S30’s a while ago. They had ceramic bearings and they felt so smooth that I was confused. They were not very exciting looking, but they ruled to be on. I wouldn’t spend too much time hating on them. Even if some of the details are different, I think it’s smart for SRAM to transition all their wheels to Zipp…what will happen to the Rise 60’s though?

kenny
kenny
11 years ago

i see nothing at sram website on s30

http://www.sram.com/sram/road/component/wheels

greg
greg
11 years ago

Hopefully the Rise wheels will go in the garbage where they belong. Even zipp hates those rims but can’t say so bc Big Brother is always listening.

The Rude Awakener
The Rude Awakener
11 years ago

Zipp is to wheels as Starbucks is to coffee.

BillyBob
BillyBob
11 years ago

Really? I guess their the same just different, please do your research so you don’t look stupid

Maóna
10 years ago

i think so, Hopefully the Rise wheels will go in the garbage where they belong. Even zipp hates those rims but can’t say so bc Big Brother is always listening.

Dabberdog
9 years ago

I have a 101 rear with the 188 hub, and I’m glad I purchased it before they discontinued them to be replaced by the 30. I had to have it rebuilt after one season because the spokes started to spontaneously go loose, and I ended up having to stop every 10 miles or so and tighten them; which meant carrying a spoke wrench and bladed spoke holder, and stopping on otherwise slick rides. I am not a big fan of SRAM, and I think Zipp is about to loose it’s edge to ‘corporate think’.

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