Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
I've been wondering the same thing, especially because I liked the feel/ride quality of Madfibers so much. They're very thin, and today we've had a few threads on why this is bad. I felt like a set of Zipp 303s were a bit easier to spin up, although perceived effort can be kind of unreliable.
The rims are kind of narrow.
The wind tunnel data also supports that though Madfibers are quite deep, they are not more aero than a less deep wheel like a 404 or 303 (for sure the new 303 firecrest is "faster," but wind tunnel data isn't out yet that I've seen).