Comments on: Zipp Wheels Technical Director Josh Poertner talks to BNA http://www.bicycles.net.au/2012/12/zipp-wheels-technical-director-josh-poertner-talks-bna/ The Top Australian Cycling Portal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Christopher Jones http://www.bicycles.net.au/2012/12/zipp-wheels-technical-director-josh-poertner-talks-bna/#comment-115804 Christopher Jones Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:13:35 +0000 http://www.bicycles.net.au/?p=7208#comment-115804 Did it have Zipp on the downtube? Was it a Time Trial bike? You can read up on the Zipp 2001 on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipp_2001

]]> By: Ken Meaney http://www.bicycles.net.au/2012/12/zipp-wheels-technical-director-josh-poertner-talks-bna/#comment-115742 Ken Meaney Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:18:19 +0000 http://www.bicycles.net.au/?p=7208#comment-115742 I recently saw a Zipp flat bar road bike outside a store in Canberra where I live. It looked good and was feather light.

Checking on the web suggests that Zipp only makes components not frames or fully assembled.

Can anyone advise me if such a bike is available – even custom made.

Thanks

Ken

]]> By: Zipp Wheels Technical Director Josh Poertner « turnings :: daniel berlinger http://www.bicycles.net.au/2012/12/zipp-wheels-technical-director-josh-poertner-talks-bna/#comment-102999 Zipp Wheels Technical Director Josh Poertner « turnings :: daniel berlinger Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:27:36 +0000 http://www.bicycles.net.au/?p=7208#comment-102999 [...] Zipp Wheels Technical Director Josh Poertner talks to BNA | Bicycles Network Australia: The best case scenario of ceramic bearings in a wheelset is 1 watt at 30 miles and hour. We sell ceramic bearings and they’re $1000, but we’re honest: “guys, it’s 1000 bucks for a watt”. Tony Martin, at the worlds, rides thousand dollar ceramic bearings. For the consumer, you can buy a better tyre and you’ll save twice that. You put latex tubes in there you’ll save 6 times that amount. A new chain on your bike can be as much as 6 watts compared to a worn chain. Just cleaning your drive chain is a couple of watts. 1 watt of ceramic bearings is about 3 seconds per 40 kilometres. I can find you a minute for the 40k for very little money. [...]

]]> By: Christopher Jones http://www.bicycles.net.au/2012/12/zipp-wheels-technical-director-josh-poertner-talks-bna/#comment-100306 Christopher Jones Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:23:55 +0000 http://www.bicycles.net.au/?p=7208#comment-100306 The forum discussion for this article: http://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=59151

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