audiojan wrote:Timujin wrote:audiojan wrote:What kind of terrain and road condition do you ride in? The the hillier it is, the more of an advantage the Bora 35's seems to have. Same thing does with poor road surface, the Bora's just seems to have better traction.
I would have thought traction is solely down to the quality of tire?
It has a lot to do with how stiff the wheel is as well. A technical descent for example, a flexes is much harder to hold the ideal line on than a wheel that let's you track perfectly with zero flex. Another type of traction would be in hard accelerations. A wheel that is stiff enough not to flex, but not so stiff that is starts to bounce will yield higher traction hence better torque transfer. This is also why I feel the Bora's are superior on rough surface. The Zipp 404's always felt like I was pushed around when I hit rougher roads, but the Bora's keeps the line no matter what.
Not that the 404's are bad wheels… just I think the Bora's are slightly better.
Sure, stiffness is a major component... I guess my test wasn't long enough for me to appreciate how much stiffer my Bora are.
Thanks for your input though. Now need to decide do I party with the cash
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