A new video from Zipp Speed Weaponry features computer animation and images from the brand’s use of Computational Fluid Dynamics software, to develop the Zipp Firecrest wheelset. According to Zipp, the video gives riders the basics of the bike science behind Firecrest.
Accoring to the company, Zipp’s Firecrest rim technology rewrote the fundamentals of wheel making, resulting in improved aerodynamics, ride quality, wheel strength and stability in even the strongest of crosswinds. Since launching the 404 Firecrest three years ago, Zipp has employed its Firecrest technology throughout the brand’s carbon wheel line-up – from the all-around performing 32mm 202 Firecrest to the ultra-aero 82mm 808 Firecrest.
According to Zipp, the Firecrest Difference is ‘an empowering feeling of speed, stability and responsiveness.’ Zipp notes that the Firecrest Difference is not just about subjective qualities. ‘It’s science. Firecrest rims are designed to combat the biggest thing to slow you riders on a bike – wind resistance.’
