How do I improve on my Zipp 440 front wheel?

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  • For the last season or two I've had a ZIPP440 front tubular wheel with bladed spokes and an excellent Royce hub. It's still in really good condition.

    I'm looking for something faster, but because of cost I guess it woudl be a used wheel. I also have a HM rear Corima 4-spoke track wheel that I could also sell, so I could combine the proceeds into just one front wheel.

    I'm thinking of a HED3 - trispoke (or similar).

    Does anyone have any recommendations for something which will be significantly better and would be less than, say, £300 used?

    NB main focus is sprinting/keirin.

    Thanks

    Jobs.

  • Sell me your Corima.

    I have nothing else to add.

  • Buy new wheels and train harder!!!! Like the rest of us !!!

  • You need Arrospok.

  • You need Arrospok.

    Is that one of those green leafy vegetables?

  • Like to try something new? i still have an old idea for a new kind of hub Id like to make but i dont have the right bike for it.

  • Like to try something new? i still have an old idea for a new kind of hub Id like to make but i dont have the right bike for it.

    Dare I ask?

  • Id like to get rid of the axle in the middle. why not have just two bearings left n right mounted to the fork. all you need is something to maintain the space between the bearings which could be a thin bar, 3-4 mm ss. must be aerodynamic. And more important relieve the bearings form stress!!

    Also get rid of the spoke flanges, they is causing lots of drag too. Lets have the spokes come out of an axial hole in stead of a flange. I will post a picture of a mock-up I made recently for the spoke. (im not at home now)

  • Just ride faster


  • tis just a fast setup made by hand to give an idea

  • dibs corima

  • maybe a bit more like this:

    but with the half-hubs with the spoke setup like in ^^

  • sell me your zipp. all good.

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How do I improve on my Zipp 440 front wheel?

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