Originally Posted by
carpediemracing
Quick questions. I'm a bit anxious about not being able to buy a wheel.
Flat disc (Zipp 900 series) okay? It's old, 8 or 10 years old. Track side looks unused. I'd have to source a track conversion kit. Figure $400 wheel, $200 kit. Focus on 500m and sprint/mass start stuff. I'm no time trialer.
Or buy a new Corima for about $1000-1100? Lenticular, no conversion kit necessary.
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Spend the extra beans and get the Corima. The 900 track conversion axle is near unobtainium and anyhow the hub axle on these is not very robust in my experience. I finally got rid of mine but was replacing bearings often, and had a set blow up on me during a race two years ago. Go with the dedicated track wheel.