{"id":202574,"date":"2019-04-08T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/?p=202574\/"},"modified":"2019-04-09T08:27:50","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T06:27:50","slug":"tested-zipp-3zero-moto-reinventing-the-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtb-mag.com\/en\/tested-zipp-3zero-moto-reinventing-the-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"[Tested] Zipp 3Zero Moto – Reinventing the Wheel?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to the new\u00a0Rock Shox Lyrik<\/a>, in Sintra (Portugal) we\u00a0got a chance to experience a ride on the first Zipp MTB wheels, the 3Zero Moto.\u00a0As the name implies, these are wheels with 30 mm inner\u00a0diameter rims, which are designed for enduro and all mountain.\u00a0Not for nothing have they been tested at length by Jerome Clementz.\u00a0The second part of the name, Moto, was chosen for the true peculiarity of this product, namely the single wall rim, which is similar to a motocross rim in that sense, and without a double wall, it’s far different from anything in the MTB world.<\/p>\n

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The most attentive will immediately think of the\u00a0Crank Brothers Synthesis E11<\/a>\u00a0that we tested a few months ago.\u00a0Already in that case the tendency to decrease the height of the profile was noticed to make the wheels offer a more compliant ride.\u00a0Zipp takes the\u00a0concept to the extreme, as explained by Bastien Donz\u00e9, the product manager who\u00a0oversaw this project, in this video:<\/p>\n