(upbeat electronic music)
- [Blake] When it comes to mountain biking wheels,
there's only so many ways that
you can make a bike wheel, right?
Well, apparently, Zipp didn't get the memo
and have developed their first
mountain biking wheel in over 20 years,
and it's nothing like anything else out there.
(impactful crash sound)
- As mountain bikers, Zipp might not necessarily
be a brand you're that familiar with.
For most our drop handlebar touting friends,
It's serious business in the world of specialist wheels.
Now, when they first came onto scene, in 1988,
their first product was actually
an aerodynamic disc wheel but following on
from there, became a tri spoke wheel,
and then various deep section wheels,
all in the name of trying to cut
through the air as fast as possible.
Next up, came the cyclo-cross wheels,
and following on from there,
came the mountain bike wheels.
Like this, the 3ZERO MOTO wheel.
And this is a really weird (dirt bike drowns out speaker).
What are you doing? What are you doing here?
- Well, Zipp asked us to shoot a video about Motorcross.
- No, they didn't, they asked us
to film a video about the MOTO Rim.
The new mountain bike rim.
- Oh, my bad. Sorry.
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- So, lets take a closer look at this wheel set from Zipp.
So, it's called, as we know, the 3ZERO MOTO.
Now, it kinda takes it's name MOTO
from the world of motocross where
the rim design is actually a single-wall design,
like a motocross wheel, they can be incredibly heavy,
but you can actually do this with carbon.
Now, the especially cool thing about this is
some carbon rims available on the market are
a little bit too stiff and it does mean,
hold on Blake, it does mean,
when you're riding those wheels through really
rocky terrain, you're in danger of either
pinching or slashing the tire,
or damaging the rim itself.
Now, the thing with these is they have something
called ankle flex built into them,
and it actually enables the rim to deform
slightly, where it might otherwise crack.
Now, this is a really cool feature and actually
it's why he is here because we're actually gonna,
yes Blake.
- Can I have a go?
- You can have a go in a sec.
This is why Blake is here because
he's gonna go and razz these
head to head against a motocross bike.
Go on then.
(excited laughter)
Don't be long Blake.
- [Blake] Yeah, I won't be, Doddy.
(upbeat rock music)
- Where the hell's he gone?
He can't have gone that far around here.
(motocross bike engine sound)
(upbeat rock music)
- Well, a motocross rim has been the same
for as long as I can remember.
Simple as it can be, this single-wall design
making it strong but yet a compliant as well.
Now, in the cycling industry they have used this
but it's considered as a budget option.
Made out of steel and generally very very heavy,
where weight is no matter for the bike,
because this goes powered by a motor, but it is
when it comes to a human powered mountain bike.
However, the use of carbon fiber,
that changes everything.
(upbeat hard rock music)
- YouTube presenter who crashes a bike a lot.
Ah, that's easy, that's Neil.
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- And ultimately, they believe it can make you
go faster as well because if you're running
a real rigid wheel and you hit some rough terrain
it sounds really loud, it's like
(imitates bike on terrain sound)
and that's transferring all those shock waves
into your body and ultimately bouncing your bike around
no matter what tire pressure you got
running in your tires, it will bounce you
around down the trail, ping ponging.
Whereas this sounds different.
It sounds crazy, it's like
(imitates bike on terrain sound),
not (imitates bike on terrain sound).
I've got more trail to go, I'll see you at the bottom.
(upbeat hard rock music)
- Geeky tech type from GMBN.
No idea who that is.
(upbeat hard rock music)
(bike on terrain sound)
- Well, you've probably gotta question,
why a single-wall rim?
Well, that thing is twisting underneath you.
Just like a human ankle, just like this.
Moving side to side, it's doing that,
and that spoke is just twisting in there.
Now, let me explain.
When you're walking on some really rough terrain,
like I've set these rocks up here,
your ankle's gonna twist to try and get your foot
to get maximum grip on the terrain underneath you.
Also, try to keep yourself upright just like this.
Now, it's really hard to show that
out here on the trail, so Zipp have sent in
some of this test footage from their lab.
Take a look at this.
That is insane, it's definitely moving, definitely moving.
Right, I think I've had too much fun out here
and I bet Doddy is twiddling his thumbs.
See you in a bit, Doddy.
- Where've you been? You've been ages.
- Ah mate you don't wanna know - Dude, dude,
Actually you can help me with this.
- Yeah.
- Can you help me with this one?
- Tech geek on GMBN, five, that's you.
- Just reminded me. - D-O-D-D-Y
- If you wanna watch the tech geek edition
of this very video over on GMBN Tech,
click that bad boy there for all
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Alright, who's gonna wash the motorbike?