Zipp 303 Nsw V1 Carbon Clincher Front Wheel

The Zipp NSW™ Series is a science, a philosophy and a mission to engineer the fastest, most stable and highest performance cycling components ever realized. NSW stands for ‘Nest Speed Weaponry’, with ‘nest’ referring to the top secret windowless development room within Zipp. The Zipp 303 NSW Carbon Clincher offers the Firecrest with the NSW treatment. This means you will be stable in cross winds and fast everywhere else. With 45mm depth these wheels are designed to be fast everywhere!

The 303 NSW represents Zipp’s more advanced technologies, for tangible gains in aerodynamic efficiency and stability. At the heart of the wheel set is the Cognition hub using the Showstopper brake track, ABLC Sawtooth and Impress graphics to make sure you can stop and go whenever you want.

Cognition™ Hubset
The Cognition™ hub set with Axial Clutch™ Technology reduces drag by disengaging the ratchet mechanism when coasting. So you can approach corners at higher speeds, and ultimately, save time. A star-flanged straight-pull hub-shell design on the rear hub distributes the load placed on the hub flange away from the bearings. Zipp have also developed a unique scalloped edge hub-shell design for our front hub. This scalloped design maintains the bearing bore diameter when high radial spoke tension is applied. That means you get bearings that quietly stay in place, roll faster, last longer, and provide a laterally stiffer hub.

ImPress™
Zipp’s ImPress™ graphics technology has been employed, which prints graphics directly on the wheel, to help allow the dimples to do what they were design to do – help control vortex shedding (the rate at which air sheds off the wheel). Managing this is crucial to stability. ImPress graphics also give NSW wheels a distinctive stealthy look.

ABLC™ SawTooth™