ZIPP Hookless Bike Wheels, A fast track to the Emergency Room!!

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4 ай бұрын

Off the back of Thomas de Gendt's rim failure, I was asked to do some stuff about about Hookless wheels. In this video, we're diving deep into the recent concerns surrounding Zipp's Hookless wheel technology (Thomas De Gendt's Failure). Zipp, a leader in high-performance cycling components, has introduced hookless rims in their latest wheel models, aiming to reduce weight, improve aerodynamics, and enhance the overall riding experience. However, several riders have reported unexpected failures, raising questions about the reliability and safety of this innovative design.
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@_Zane__ 4 ай бұрын

What's next? Toothless cassettes and chainrings?

@johndef5075 4 ай бұрын

Odd number narrow wide chainrings😳😅

@911norman 4 ай бұрын

Wireless brakes.

@chadwells7562 4 ай бұрын

@@911normanI wouldn’t put it past these maroons, you only think you’re joking

@borano2031 4 ай бұрын

SRAM will introduce a NEW chain roller standard!! Joy to all!!! Rgr

@returnofthenative 4 ай бұрын

Toothless riders?

@SethJayson 4 ай бұрын

At least a badly aligned press-fit BB interface isn't typically a lose-your-teeth problem. The ability of the bike industry to invent new uncertainties and failure modes is impressive.

@chrisuhracing 4 ай бұрын

Bike industry: what is failure mode 😂😂😂

@veganpotterthevegan 4 ай бұрын

Hookless isn't new. It was the norm for many decades but it wasn't tubeless. The tolerances of hookless tubeless are significantly better than those old hookless wheels/tires and better than early hooked clinchers too. I remember running 2 layers of thick cotton tape because a tire was too big. I also remember breaking beads because a tire was too small😂 I've also had sidewall blowouts on smooth roads with some of those absurdly tight tires, and I've had beads pop off the rim while riding because they were a bit too loose and I didn't add extra tape

@TheUnrevealer 4 ай бұрын

What is more impressive is ppl still buying this overpriced marketed bullsh1t and believe it is a space-engineering R&D work they are paying for:)

@jesuswouldkilhimself 4 ай бұрын

@veganpotterthevegan that's a lot

@MP48 4 ай бұрын

@@veganpottertheveganI think you had those problems because you’re vegan. Meat eaters don’t have such problems

@TheBarnaby25 4 ай бұрын

"Only give credits to people with decent size pens...." Well, there goes that.

@stuartdryer1352 4 ай бұрын

The pen is not just working, it is stiffer and more responsive. Just like all bikes sold in 2024. More seriously, though, this is a really important video.

@garethbutton 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree. It has cemented my view I just won’t ride hookless. It’s just to save manufacturing costs and we are out at risk what’s the f ing point???

@tt-tk9076 4 ай бұрын

hookless tires are literally held together by hopes and dreams 😭😭

@jazzcatjohn 4 ай бұрын

thoughts and prayers

@yakwabbit 4 ай бұрын

Hoops and screams.

@jimsteinway695 4 ай бұрын

Not true. Like I said above if this was a REAL problem. Zipp would have been sued into oblivion in the US. Why hasn’t that happened?? If there was a real issue we’d already seen this here. I have Zipps and I see Zipps in every group I ride in. Where is the class action suit in the US against these manufacturers? There’s a freaking lawyer on every corner here waiting for you to burn your tongue on your coffee. Where are the lawsuits ? These rims have been around for 10 years

@timtaylor9590 4 ай бұрын

@@jimsteinway695 hookless zipps 10 years old? i dont think so. everything is good until its not, i hope the lawyers can bring you back to a full recovery or possibly back from the dead. gl with that. oh yea and the built in brake in the zipp hubs will make you stronger too. enjoy

@jazzcatjohn 4 ай бұрын

@@jimsteinway695 You sound like someone desperately trying to justify your purchase. 🤣

@PeakTorque 4 ай бұрын

Rims do shrink when the tyre is inflated, reducing the BSD (bead seat diameter). How can you tell?Measure the spoke tension drop after mounting and inflating a tyre to 5 bar. Another reason to go for the safety of hooked (crotched). I have to say i think you explained the pressure vessel stuff really well and clearly.

@veganpotterthevegan 4 ай бұрын

That's very likely part of the reason tubulars roll off rims too.

@NateBerkopec 4 ай бұрын

This video plus yours was an extremely thorough engineering perspective on the whole issue.

@villedocvalle 4 ай бұрын

The tag team partners in full effect

@irfuel 4 ай бұрын

Are you telling me a carbon fiber rim shrinks when there is a tire inflated to 4 bar installed on it?

@neilk22 4 ай бұрын

Those with Giant SLR 0 (2020 Propel Advanced 0) will know this problem - perfectly straight wheel, mount tires not hookless compliant (Continental GP 5000 TL), wheel runs untrue. FWIW. The right tyre, on the right hookless wheel is extremely light, had no issues myself.

@royband5865 4 ай бұрын

Go hookless if you favor a nurse instead of your hairdresser😂

@Silidons91 4 ай бұрын

Don’t go for nurses brother, always ends bad

@AnttiBrax 4 ай бұрын

I also choose hookers.

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

I ride almost exclusively road and gravel. Any hookless rim gets an immediate X drawn through it whenever I’m in the market for a new wheelset. For my MTB it could be an option where I know I’ll be running very low PSIs and encountering the hits MTB rides encounter. For a road or gravel wheel hookless is a non starter despite the marketing bullshat from the companies producing them and their paid online cheerleader clowns like David Arthur, etc.,..

@JanneRasanen2 4 ай бұрын

What go hookers...? ahh you wrote hookless. Never mind😊

@portland675 3 ай бұрын

@@rcg9573 Hookless is 100% safe. Period.

@rivnuts7398 4 ай бұрын

Very good and thorough explanation. Thanks.

@Robutube1 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for this clear explanation. I'm "arts and crafts" but managed to follow along without difficulty👍.

@tomrengert1221 4 ай бұрын

My hairdresser just bought some NTN bearing from your site, thank you Hambini.

@MaxwellPowers666 4 ай бұрын

I ride Zipp 303 and 404 hookless for road and gravel. They perform wonderfully and never had any issues.

@brunochampoux 4 ай бұрын

Same with me. Don’t worry about this guy.

@semilog643 4 ай бұрын

Faith will keep your skin in place. Keep believing.

@MrAnon-2024 2 ай бұрын

There are none so blind as those who will not see!

@fiddleronthebike 2 ай бұрын

everybody posting here will say the same - the others do not post anything anymore... it reminds me of the helmet discussion ~30 years ago

@mauricioargente142 4 ай бұрын

Excellent summary. Worth watching!

@mikebillett7935 4 ай бұрын

Great vid matey.... keep it up.

@savagepro9060 4 ай бұрын

The ONLY hookless technology EVER, was gradually pushed aside by the pros: TUBULARS.

@beeldpuntXVI 4 ай бұрын

Not by the riders, but the teams

@davidburgess741 4 ай бұрын

The pros would ride solid rubber tires if the sponsor paid enough. "Vibration attenuation no longer matters". No more pneumatic tires allowed by UCI also. They'd get on board too!

@ThePaulKat 4 ай бұрын

Who needs the tyre to stop on their rim anyway? For ultimate thrill seekers everywhere match a Zipp hookless rim with a Shimano Hollowtech crank and see which tries to kill you first 😂 Both prime examples of cowboy engineering.

@Ryan.T89 4 ай бұрын

Modern clinchers got so good they basically made tube redundant. A modern clincher on a TPU tube is cheaper, less hassle and in most cases faster.

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

@ThePaulKat Yeah, and set it up with a non functioning SRAM front derailleur and a Zipp/SRAM non functioning rear wheel hub. And make sure it also comes with an undersized bearing SRAM DUB bottom bracket that you can regularly burn through. More cowboy engineering. 😀

@Frostbiker 4 ай бұрын

This is the best explanation of the failure modes of hookless that I've seen. The discussion re. low pressures around 18:30 was eye opening.

@portland675 4 ай бұрын

What failures?

@samuel8590 4 ай бұрын

LOL....LOOK AWAY RIGHT NOW!! Thanks for the awesome explanation.

@rg807 4 ай бұрын

I've been waiting for this! Zipp's claim that he hit a rock and that caused the tire to come off is INSANE. When you're riding, you often ride over rocks! No thanks, Zipp.

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

Just looking at the inside of the cross section of the rim Hambini cut shows a cheaply fabricated rim. Yet they want $2,000 to $4000 for wheelsets with those cheaply fabricated rims and known cheap garbage hubs. Total joker product with joker MSRPs. 😀

@the.communist 4 ай бұрын

@@rcg9573 youre summing up the current bike industry

@rcg9573 2 ай бұрын

@the.communist Yes, unfortunately you are correct there!

@sylvainmichaud2262 4 ай бұрын

As soon as the bike industry solves a problem, they go and create a new one. Remember the problems related to tubeless and rim combination at the introduction of the former on the market ?

@Omar411269 4 ай бұрын

hookless is just way cheaper to manufacture and QC so the margins are higher. They solve a profitability problem, no more

@portland675 4 ай бұрын

Hooked bead rims were a solution to poor manufacturing. They are no longer required.

@portland675 4 ай бұрын

@@Omar411269Than why did they also decrease rim prices?

@Omar411269 4 ай бұрын

@@portland675 maybe because customers know theyre unsafe and arent buying them

@portland675 4 ай бұрын

@@Omar411269 nah, I’ve sold thousands.

@gerrysecure5874 4 ай бұрын

Im an engineer myself, albeit electrical not mech, and just basic engineering common sense told me to stay away from hookless. I always wondered how its gonna stay put at all. The tire length argument filled the gap. Now I understand why it can work at all under stringent conditions. Thank you for providing reason to my gut feeling. I stay hooked with TPU.

@cegalleta 4 ай бұрын

As another engineer, I'd say hookless would be ok if it wasn't because of the terrible tolerances for bike tires and extremely flimsy rims. You'd need to make sure, like REALLY make sure the bead of the tire won't start fatiguing with use and that is made to a good tolerance.

@thebrunoserge Ай бұрын

I wanted to stay hooked with TPU but decided to spend money on a new Canyon bike .... therefore I'm forced into hookless because only very low end models still come with hooked now :( Still using TPU on hookless ZIPP 303 FC tho lol fuck tubeless

@onepunchbud1472 7 күн бұрын

@@thebrunoserge I think the swiss side wheels still have hooks. Just stay away from the zipps

@thebrunoserge 7 күн бұрын

@@onepunchbud1472 too late been using zipps. Returning the whole canyon bike was a pain I gave up

@psnSupergrobi10 4 ай бұрын

I love how we go from lets fucking glue our tires to the rim a few years ago to hopefully the tire doesn't blow off because I blew 2 psi too much in it xD

@becausewin 4 ай бұрын

or blow off because i put the pressure close enough to the limit that the heat from the road put them over :P

@einundsiebenziger5488 Ай бұрын

... 2 psi too many*

@DatwOne 4 ай бұрын

My engineering degree paid off in not jumping on the hookless train. Cycling industry is transforming but it pains me, at some point these designs will be more regulated. A bike is not a toy…

@larryt.atcycleitalia5786 4 ай бұрын

You don't need a degree in engineering to avoid crap pushed by marketing-mavens. Common-sense is enough but my time in bike retail proved it wasn't as common as one would like!

@wouterdobbelaere 4 ай бұрын

Always was, always will be...

@apair4002 4 ай бұрын

@@larryt.atcycleitalia5786 However dentist & some dumb rich always buy crap pushed by marketing mavens lol

@pmcmpc 4 ай бұрын

Both the Lun and Zipp look horrendous inside ... more wrinkles than your grandpa's sac. Also, spongy walled Zipp rims are notorious, and they frequently delaminate.

@Hambini 4 ай бұрын

Yep! Terrible 3:51 for the zipp and winspace

@desdundodafabosch1047 4 ай бұрын

@@Hambiniif you say, even winspace. Which wheel is then worth to buy then?😢

@StopTheRot 4 ай бұрын

😂

@Hambini 4 ай бұрын

@@desdundodafabosch1047 9Velo

@diehardbikes 4 ай бұрын

@@desdundodafabosch1047 FFWD looks better than those on the inside.

@kerrymorgan4649 4 ай бұрын

Great video thanks bro, used your concepts to teach an intro to P=F/A this week

@michaellarkin6158 4 ай бұрын

Glad you covered the width. Have to admit I know its anecdotal, but running 28s on a Giant SLR1 which runs the 19.4 internal width on hookless. Havent had an issue such as this on mine, whereas the Zipps are 23 mm

@SamuelBlackMetalRider 4 ай бұрын

My oh my, Legendary Reaming incoming

@hippotek1 4 ай бұрын

My favourite rims are Lightbicycle. There hook design works actually really well even with super tight tubeless tires (Conti GP5000)

@ericpmoss 4 ай бұрын

Do you mean their new “hybrid hook” design? I was thinking of getting it for use with (TPU) tubes. I think it might provide enough hook to use with tubes above the tubeless pressure rating, while also being less prone to damage than a standard hook.

@einundsiebenziger5488 Ай бұрын

... Their* (!) hook design

@caillou450 4 ай бұрын

You can not like the guy’s style, or like it (I do), but this explanation is priceless. Thx mate. Well done. Now clear as crystal that I’m sticking to tubes and hooks and all.

@Xarx42 3 ай бұрын

But the issue is, its not. Yes, it sounds very plausible, but he didnt test/proof anything.

@Livitt351 4 ай бұрын

Your vids are awesome 👌

@paulbrown4235 4 ай бұрын

No problem for me, because I’m still gluing on tubs!😂

@TheHardCorePunkHead 4 ай бұрын

Yeah tubbies are the best!

@gabrielmazza7923 4 ай бұрын

no they are not, get on with the time and go tubeless @@TheHardCorePunkHead

@DavidStacey-tx7on 4 ай бұрын

New bike came with tubs (C40 DA9100). Braking is horrible but the ride is heavenly

@diehardbikes 4 ай бұрын

For racing I will always ride tubulars. I currently have around 8 sets, looking at a set of Kappius components for the coming season.

@rolandmg1 4 ай бұрын

I went back to tubular on all my bikes last season and the ride quality is so much better. I went to the Alps on my Dura Ace 9100 C40’s and felt so safe and the cornering and braking were superb.

@archieman123 4 ай бұрын

To think these come STANDARD on all GIANT road bikes fuxking hell

@aveedub7403 4 ай бұрын

Yep, I bought a tcr a year ago, dumped the tubeless set up for tpu tubes and different tyres. Still crap myself using them, but have another set of hooked rims which I use mostly!!! I hate tubeless hookless crap, a solution for a small problem of moulding a hook!!!!!!!!

@tobznoobs 4 ай бұрын

giant revolt doesn't have a hookless rim but that's gravel bike..i refilled the sealant so i know its a hooked rim.

@jimsteinway695 4 ай бұрын

Dude these rims have been here for 10 years. If they’re so dangerous where are the class action lawsuits in the US? If there’s a safety issue they’d been sued already

@rdcanyon 4 ай бұрын

@@jimsteinway695exactly this. These videos are just putting way too much fear out to the average cyclist. Hookless is solid , these self styled experts push their agenda , then at the end shill for Chinese brands such as Winspace.

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

@jimsteinway695 The vast majority of those bikes are MTBs running very low PSIs where hookless makes some sense. In the road you are dealing with much higher PSIs that can be death on a hookless rim wheel if you overinflate it even by not much. That’s why.

@dosgos 4 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the engineering lesson! You could drop more of those formulas and explainers in future videos.

@bradallen8643 4 ай бұрын

Good explanation…. as a civil engineer I appreciate the clarity, the math and the safety aspect. Weight weenies take note

@davidkennedy4845 4 ай бұрын

There is more to life than trying to reduce the weight of our bikes.

@onepunchbud1472 4 ай бұрын

@@davidkennedy4845especially when we had super light bikes already before the disc brake era. And they were safe...

@JayLato 4 ай бұрын

I’ve never considered the weakness of the hookless sidewall, I would imagine the lighter weight wheels like the NSW would not be as stiff and would allow outward flex under pressure causing a blow off 🤔 wow Hambini is the first I’ve seen to point this out. FYI the front wheel was a 353NSW with 25mm internal.

@portland675 4 ай бұрын

The tire didn’t blow off the rim though.

@JayLato 4 ай бұрын

@@portland675I have personal experience with 2 different in spec tires blowing off my 353NSW

@portland675 4 ай бұрын

@@JayLato I find that hard to believe. What tire and what pressure? I’ve sold about 300 pairs of the 353, not a single issue. Not to mention the 454 and the firecrest line. I had one earlier today, sure enough guy installed tube type tires by mistake.

@jmilton5842 4 ай бұрын

Hopefully, market pressure and negative press will quickly correct this insanity!

@borano2031 4 ай бұрын

Chinese makers of hooked rims will show the way to the dump. Rgr

@jimsteinway695 4 ай бұрын

If there was a real issues lawyers in the US would have stopped these 9 years ago. These rims have been around since 2013

@_SpaceDad 4 ай бұрын

I've been looking forward to this ripping.

@NotElvis 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for doing this video. Hookless rims remind my of press fit BBs 15 years ago: Feasible on paper. A disaster when different manufacturers get involved. While noisy BBs are simply annoying, hookless rims hurt people.

@jimsteinway695 4 ай бұрын

They’ve been around for 11 years, why no lawsuits if they’re dangerous?? In the US lawyers would have stopped Zipp 9 years ago

@mikemorris3421 4 ай бұрын

correct me but if you hit something at high speed like going fast down hill the tyre will compress thus the pressure will increase and they say do not have a higher pressure than X. Hmmm. I don't think I will be buying hookless in the near future.

@JuvoII 4 ай бұрын

Yes, but the pros pump the tire to 1 psi before it blows of just standing still. Also their smaller tires, 28 mm and below, have much less air volume, so any compression from road interaction, raises the psi in the rest of the tire much higher, than say a 40 mm on a grave bike. It's all ridiculous, because pumping to for example 5 psi below treshold, instead of 1 psi below treshold, will decrease rolling resistance with close to noting, like below a watt. The pro peloton certainly aren't doing tubeless any favours, making it seem like a right hazard.

@leonschumann2361 4 ай бұрын

4:00 holy fuck those zipps have wrinkling ... 2k or something on those wheels? really glad l sold my 303 firecrests. they had fucked rear hub bearing ... a known issue with zipp and for 1.5k on wheels that is unacceptable. riding elite wheels currently

@rcg9573 2 ай бұрын

Silly prices for cheap fabricated junk wheelsets. That is a Zipp wheel in a nutshell. Not only is the fab of their rims mediocre at best, but their hubs are absolute Walmart level trash. Amazing that anyone would pay anything close to the silly nosebleed prices they ask for that junk. But the gullible and the posers will always be, well, gullible and posers. 😀

@robertskochinstitut6653 4 ай бұрын

I've got an older set of the rimbrake lun wheels. They are by far the best wheels for tubeless. No spoke holes, tires hold air for weeks, even without sealant.

@Kac3724 4 ай бұрын

Great video

@Local.hero.cycling. 4 ай бұрын

Zipp 530 wheelsets 20 years ago the alloy brake track debonded from the carbon v-section, zipp 188 rear hubs 10 years ago broke at the hub flanges where spokes mount, zipp firecrest rims went whiteish (faded) after time , zipp cognition clutch freewheel systems creak when dry, then there's this.

@larryt.atcycleitalia5786 4 ай бұрын

I thought their stuff was OK before SRAM bought the thing and put it under a serious "product cheapening department" regimen?

@thomasstone1363 4 ай бұрын

I had clubmates with zipp 530s back then and the the debonding was experienced first hand

@jimsteinway695 4 ай бұрын

Zipp hookless have been around since 2013. If they’re so dangerous why isn’t there any lawsuits against Zipp? In the US if there was a real problem some bloodsucking lawyer would have had these eliminated 6 years ago

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

@jimsteinway695 An even better question. Why is a Zipp wheelset with such a cheaply and poorly Far East fabricated rim (as displayed in this vid) that also has known garbage quality hubs being solid for multiple thousands of dollars? Answer: lots of gullible and easily marketed to fools out there. 😀😀

@TheAntoine191 4 ай бұрын

I've ridden road bikes about 25 years, 5 years hookless. I've had two blowoff on hooked rims (schwalbe tires Road Hutchinson mtb). No problems hookless. Both blown tire were very easy to mount. I have a feeling the hook does not change much the blowoff safety but easy to mount tire are dangerous. Vittoria are usually easy to mount.

@victorrodriguez2806 4 ай бұрын

I've been riding Vittoria exclusively since the 80's. Mostly Tubulars. More recently (2018) I started using there corsa control clinchers with Vittoria's pink latex tubes. Always 85 - 90 psi in a 25mm. I have never had a blowout or a flat. ( full disclosure: the roads where I live are mostly smooth and well maintained.)

@brotherfranciz 4 ай бұрын

It's not about whether the wheel is hooked or not, it's also in combination with a smaller tyre at lower pressure that makes hookless dangerous. The de Gendt incident was the team using 28mm Vittoria tyres with Zipp 25mm internal width hookless rims. The ISO states a minimum of 29mm tyres. When you unknowingly combine this with a lower tyre pressure (presumably unintentionally by the mechanic, maybe an inaccurate pump gauge?) or maybe slow leak, or maybe heat generated over time during the race, or a bump/pothole in the road... BOOM, tyre explodes.

@Chris-iv2ud 4 ай бұрын

Yes, the problem is the combination, a up to standard hookless + compatible tyre + correct pressure, it is as safe as you can get. But this is the hard part, manufacturers fuxkup + riders that does not have enough knowledge to know what tyre to put on, what preasure to use just have too much margin for errors. On the other hand, with hooked wheel, you can fuxkup a bit and you will still be fine.

@rdcanyon 4 ай бұрын

I am riding giant hookless with their cadex tyres. As long as you stick to the allowable combination it’s a great system. Such a shame to see these self styled experts spreading fear to the sheep.

@diogogoebel 4 ай бұрын

Add the fact that there was a foam inside.@@brotherfranciz

@GaryOutdoorsLiving 4 ай бұрын

Ok, you earned my subscribe . Great explanation. 😊

@tim6991 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the explanation. I ride Mavics along with their tires as a system. No issues but they aren't hookless either.

@lucastrottier8292 4 ай бұрын

Theres's another part to the drama that wasn't covered in this video but according to the etrto for the spec of those zipp wheels the minimum tire size should be 29mm whilst on zipp's website it says 28mm, which is what deGent was running I think..

@user-sx6dr1cw8y Ай бұрын

not even a sarcastic question: does the aero shape even properly do its job if you put something bigger than 28/29mm on this rim?

@TheKryztiandivor 4 ай бұрын

Thank You for clear demonstration of geometry-related safety issue with hookles. Now I know specifically why to avoid them and stick to hooked rims. 👍

@markcarlton 4 ай бұрын

Go Tubular, you'll never look back.

@kautzz 4 ай бұрын

thanks, well explained! addition: friction is a function of the contact surface. if the tire does not fit well and is sitting too high on the hookless rim, the contact area is reduced. lower friction. hospital.

@jesseschenendorf2896 4 ай бұрын

I was trying to see if there are estimates of what the effective pressure in a tire goes to when hitting bump/pothole and I could not find any. Am I correct in assuming that it temporarily increases?

@Hambini 4 ай бұрын

You could work it out using gas laws

@Notmyfruit 4 ай бұрын

I still dont understand how come something "hookless" can be used in high pressure enviroment. Might done well in MTB area, but in road cycling?!

@Ryan.T89 4 ай бұрын

It’s pretty much been used in mtb for years without any problem. But you’re maybe running 35psi max on a 2.4 inch tyre.

@Notmyfruit 4 ай бұрын

@@Ryan.T89 No, you are right it is ok for MTB, but for the road cycling it is not alright. (for my perspective)

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

@Team.TThhghchfgggcgv It makes some sense for MTbs running much lower PSI’s. Makes zero sense on a road or even most gravel bikes and addresses an essentially nonexistent issue in those disciplines.

@vozzen 4 ай бұрын

I mean the wheel was destroyed from the collision with the rock. Blaming hookless when there is an opportunity for it

@christravelsbytaco5771 4 ай бұрын

Can't believe this became a thing for road cycling. Nox composites stated years ago the importance of tire pressure and use of hooked/hookless rims. Been riding those as prescribed for years w/ no problems. Also on brand new hooked Alpinist rims and Terra rims. All hooked. All perfectly fine.

@lovemesomedetail Ай бұрын

19:30 Just wanted to add that even though your cut Winspace wheels which are the hooked example in this video, doesnt mean all hooked rims got a hump (or two, cause each side), so technically this way of failure can still happen with hooked rims. Love the content, just adding info so people don't forget about differentiating and looking into stuff themselves!

@jamesgriffin958 4 ай бұрын

Continental Gatorskin user here. I multitask my bike; good for all surfaces. Here’s my question; what are the advantages of a hookless rim?

@Hambini 4 ай бұрын

A lot of people attribute the cost, ie is cheaper to make but they don't pass on the savings. From a technical perspective, they can make the system weight lighter. I don't think this problem would exist if the tyre and rim maker were the same. But, the wheel maker tyres are known to be shite eg cadex

@cwmoo 4 ай бұрын

@@Hambini the simplified manufacturing process and de-molding should lead to higher quality at lower cost with fewer voids and defects and less delamination. but that requires us to have confidence in the cycling industry's manufacturing consistency and QA, both of which appear to be lacking.

@MrMichaelfalk 4 ай бұрын

@@Hambini all very good arguments to use rimbrakes 😀

@Hambini 4 ай бұрын

@@MrMichaelfalk You don't get the inevitable rub either.

@charlesmansplaining 4 ай бұрын

@@cwmoo Which is the reason I still trust and use aluminum rims. I have a carbon set of wheels but I don't trust them or use them anymore.

@bzikofski 4 ай бұрын

13:21 -- that's not a hookless rim, that's a proper pen!

@richardhookway 4 ай бұрын

Good vid. You mention that the sealant acts as a lubricant. However, when I remove a tyre from my hookless rim, the sealant has actually glued the tyre to the rim, requiring some effort to release it. The adhesion may not be uniform, though.

@irfuel 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I also think that's bullshit.

@Up2L842moro 4 ай бұрын

Maybe when sealant has dried out, but while still liquid it would serve as a lubricant. And if rain reliquified it, could slick it up at a bad time.

@irfuel 4 ай бұрын

@@Up2L842moro Ever tried removing a tubeless tire with sealant? The sealant glues it to the side of the rim.

@irfuel 4 ай бұрын

The table with the compatible tire widths maybe has something to do with the fact that a lot of tires that are specified to be a certain width aren't that width at all once they are inflated (e.g. I had 32mm tires that once pressurised measured at 28mm).

@matejzima8210 4 ай бұрын

I don't have an engineering degree, but common sense tells me that introducing risks while getting little-to-no benefits seems unreasonable. Don't get me wrong, I think challenging a status quo is a good thing, but also I believe every cyclist has a vast interest in keeping tire on the wheel at all times.

@arniemejia 4 ай бұрын

Oh, but there are enormous benefits… just not for the consumer.

@jimsteinway695 4 ай бұрын

Cyclist have been using these for 11 years. There’s no problem or these rims would have been sued out of existence

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

@jimsteinway695 Bullshat. The vast majority of hookless are run on MTBs at very low PSIs. Road bikes running much higher PSIs is a completely different ballgame.

@jimsteinway695 4 ай бұрын

@@rcg9573 bullshit. 73 psi compared to 120 in 23mm tires or 180 in tubulars that are hookless also. Try doing some research

@baldyslapnut. 4 ай бұрын

@@jimsteinway695 Nobody with any common sense runs 73 psi in MTB tyres! If you are happy with your set-up, great. There's no class action litigation, I imagine, because the average cyclist knows what works and what doesn't. Ignore industry marketing bs and avoiding putting one's self in harms way. For anyone else considering this for road use I see it as a form of natural selection.

@ReganFreeman 4 ай бұрын

I’ve got a pair of Zipp 303s on my endurance bike with 32mm conti tires. I am not a racer and make sure to keep the psi at the appropriate level. Had no problems in 3 yrs, but do you think I need to find another wheel? How dangerous are these things in your judgment/how urgently do I need to replace if they are? Thanks for the video & the explanation. Cheers

@cwmoo 4 ай бұрын

wait for an official UCI announcement. but in the meantime I would stick to known safe tires, and only 30mm+ tires.

@AL-pc1rb 4 ай бұрын

Same here, I've got the 303S with big gravel tires. Every spontaneous hookless failure I've seen talked about on the internet involved someone running narrow road race tires. So I understand the paranoia but in the absence of compelling information to the contrary, I'm inclined to write this off as a road race problem. Maybe it's just post purchase rationalization though.

@ReganFreeman 4 ай бұрын

Sticking to the Conti GP 5000 S TRs. Thanks for the help folks

@jimsteinway695 4 ай бұрын

Same here if there was a problem lawyers in the US would have got these rims eliminated 9 years ago. One guy has a blowout and everyone is making a video. I AM an engineer I’ve had no problem with these rims or tires. This is all hogwash. The sky is falling!! The sky is falling!!

@kyleosler 4 ай бұрын

They aren't dangerous. The pros ride on Zipps, and elite CRIT riders use Zipps. This guy doesn't account for all variables and he doesn't do the calculations properly. It's a clickbait video in disguise.

@user-np5nb8yv3p 4 ай бұрын

Great video Hambini. Besides 9velo, elite-wheels, winspace and farsports are Light-Bicycle any good as I need some carbon tubular rims?

@adamkenny5673 4 ай бұрын

Can't remember where I heard/read it, but apparently the ETRTO gave some guidance on minimum tyre size for a given internal rim width for hookless. It was larger than some manufacturers were saying was safe. Probably explains that chart you had up at 22:06

@davidpalk5010 4 ай бұрын

When the rider needs to go by a chart to keep tyres on rims you know there's a serious issue with the hookless design concept.

@adamkenny5673 4 ай бұрын

@@davidpalk5010 completely agree it's a mess. This isn't a tenable situation for a consumer product.

@davidpalk5010 4 ай бұрын

@@adamkenny5673There should definitely be a recall. I worked for one of the pioneer carbon bike brands. We had a recall because some steerer tubes had been made with inconsistent wall thickness, and could therefore fail. The recall was a major factor in the brand's bankruptcy. Brands cannot insure against recall costs, Recalls are very, very expensive to conduct, and a brand's various international distributors may not all be fully supportive and compliant - becasue they are expected to take action for which they will recieve no financial reward. Likewise the retail dealers supplied by those distributors. I was handed the unenviable task of heading up the aforementioned global recall operation. I did my very best, but it was a huge mess and the brand never recovered. Brands which have released hookless rims could very possibly be critically damaged by this.

@10ktube 4 ай бұрын

This was an incredibly simple to understand video about this whole topic. So good, I can see it being used in court and a jury having to watch the pen check intro. Excellent writing today, new pen was SOLID.

@tertius3751 4 ай бұрын

I run tubeless on my Roadbike/Gravel and Mtb. Since many Years, All of them Hookless. I ride 10k a year. I never had to stop with a flat since i switched to tubeless . The Milk always stop deflating the air. I use Conti gp5000 str 28 front and 30 rear on my 404 with 3.9bar . Gravelbike with 47mm Wtb, and Mtb with Specialized Fasttrack/Renegade. Its way more comfortable, and alot more grip in wet because of low pressure. No way i would switch back to tubes. My weight is just 67kg.

@jimsteinway695 4 ай бұрын

If there was a problem lawyers would have stopped this 8 years ago. These rims have been around since 2013. This just picked up steam because one guy had a blowout . I run Zipp 303s same thing no issues. Look for more copycat videos. The sky is falling!

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

Sorry, I have no desire to address a road problem that never existed by running tubeless and being forced to constantly refill my tires every few months with new sealant to address a road problem that never existed with hooked and tubes anyway. I’m funny that way. 😀😀

@the.communist 4 ай бұрын

@@jimsteinway695 you cant say these hookless rims are safer in any case

@Sandman_TV 4 ай бұрын

Got the 303s and use Vittoria Tubeless ready 28mm but with an inner tube (don't want the hassle of tubeless). This is what was installed on the bike and have always replaced with that it came. Is this of any concern?

@royespenlangemyr3571 4 ай бұрын

Thousands of kilometers is done every single day on hookless wheels. Can someone please provide some links to all the accidents happening out there because of the wheels?

@stuartlambert5059 2 ай бұрын

Millions, maybe billions... Every car, lorry and motorcycle wheel is hookless...

@mariconor242 4 ай бұрын

It's bloody ridiculous.... have a set of 303s wheels which I now no longer trust leaning over in the corners. They just feel too squishy. Have two other sets of hooked wheels (old elite 60mm & a new set of 9velo) and they feel so so much better at any pressures. Big up to you for recommending the 9velo's by the way.

@wouterdobbelaere 4 ай бұрын

@mariconor242 Thanks! We need people like you to do the early testing! 😎

@pierrex3226 4 ай бұрын

sell them

@jasonhurst2491 4 ай бұрын

Love my 9Velo GV 45

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

@pierrex3226 There are dozens and dozens of pages on eBay of people trying to dump their used no warranty Zipp/SRAM wheels.

@utube7930 4 ай бұрын

Re: Silca tyre pressure calc says I should put 70psi in my tyres. Would an extra 10psi be a better safety margin? Is there a good rule of thumb?

@BiscuitsScary 4 ай бұрын

No! The maximum is 72 psi. If you go higher, you'd be in danger of causing yourself an accident. Also, if you read the guidance, it says that if you are close to the limit, that is a sign that you've got the wrong size wheels for your weight. If you're not a 8 stone professional cyclist, you may need wider tyres than they run.

@ranxxerox6407 Ай бұрын

Had my Zipp 303s with my Gravel bike for over 6months, no issues so far. Just changed tires over to Cinturato Gravel M 40mm. Others say a great tire for Zip 303s. Will let you know how the wheel and tires get on after my JOG ride.

@NikeonaBike 4 ай бұрын

so with hookless, if you overinflate you get a blow off, if you underinflate you can get a roll off. Great system.

@BiscuitsScary 4 ай бұрын

Given that hookless tyres are impossible to get off without first getting the beads into the centre of the track, then using tyre leaves and even then using considerable force, how exactly are underinflated hookless supposed to roll off?

@StopTheRot 4 ай бұрын

I think they should invent rimless wheels. The spokes could attach straight to the tyre. It would save some weight.

@OGillo2001 4 ай бұрын

...spokeless, held in place by chemtrails...

@StopTheRot 4 ай бұрын

@@OGillo2001genius. Patent it

@ericl6460 4 ай бұрын

The way you write mu so haphazardly is giving me flashbacks to engineering profs and their uniquely wacky handwriting 😅

@andrewlcs542 4 ай бұрын

Any info about carbon rim shrinkage (deformation) at 60+ or 70+ psi? There's no 'hook' to hold the tyre to the rim. Could that contribute to the blowouts? Carbon is very capable at tensile forces but not at compressive.

@timwong6818 4 ай бұрын

I'd like to know, if tire bead strength decrease over time? Because I found the bead strength is ultimately THE thing that holds the trie from blowing off. I noticed that the bead becomes less and less tight after a few times of mounting my gp5000 to my zipp404. Does my mounting operation, i.e., using the tire lever to force the bead onto the rim, damage the bead strength?

@Hambini 4 ай бұрын

anecdotally, every tire I've had has gotten slightly wider over time. I haven't over-pressured them. That suggests creep is going on.

@borano2031 4 ай бұрын

The only totally nonstretch bead is most probably steel. There goes the weight advantage. Rgr

@RICHARD.WRIGHT1 4 ай бұрын

I can remember when I first started mounting TUBULARS on rims, they tell me to stretch them a little, one end of the tub on the floor, put your foot on it and then pull upwards to slacken the fit a wee bit. This was because some brands were very tight to get on the rim. It still is the same today.... But hey ho better tight than too slack.(Use your imagination on that one I prefer Slack honestly 😂😂😂😂). But this never meant the tub would just POP off the rim unless some useless CNUT did'nt glue it on correctly...

@borano2031 4 ай бұрын

@@RICHARD.WRIGHT1 If you know how to glue them, no popping off, no matching tables, no pressure worries, few or no snake bites, seldom or no rolling off when they puncture at speed, speedy to replace by the road, lightest possible rim...NO, we can´t have these, can we?? Rgr

@RICHARD.WRIGHT1 4 ай бұрын

@@borano2031 I always used to have VELOFLEX tubs or Panaracer(when I was at school). The best feeling any tire can provide.

@Speedy.V 4 ай бұрын

What you said about high pressures is correct. On a smooth surface track pressures are at or near 200psi. But on the road the surface is not flat and incredibly irregular. Hence lower pressures are better on the road. Plus lower pressure help with comfort.

@williwacker2774 4 ай бұрын

It sure should be way below 200 psi but no, it's not the lower the better.

@beckers2287 4 ай бұрын

Dramatic improvements in comfort can also be gained by a decent set of knicks and cork bar tape. Without needing a bouncy rear end and pinch flats or damaged rims.

@davidkennedy4845 4 ай бұрын

@@williwacker2774 Veloflex tubular 140psi max. on the road. Veloflex clincher 140psi max. on alloy rim also on the road.

@dcataj5085 4 ай бұрын

For years, this happening has been one of the reasons why professional cyclists were initially wary of the implementation of tubeless compared to the *_traditional tubular whose main advantage was that, in case of a puncture, it allowed to keep rolling and stop safely_* as it remained attached to the rim.

@BiscuitsScary 4 ай бұрын

There have been plenty of accidents with tubular tyres being rolled off. There's no evidence yet that this is more likely with hookless.

@nochancecw 4 ай бұрын

I saw a cut out of cadex new hookless tires. They have a lip/curve at the bottom to lock the bead in but still hookeless/straight after that higher up. Do you think that will be safer? Or does that have the same issue? Im not running hookless anytime soon, more a question of interest.

@darktimus 4 ай бұрын

My zipps 303s work well for me. Just done a 2000km ultra race. Nothing wrong with the wheelset. Been using sealant and tube on this wheelset. Going down steep mountain, hit pothole and still rolling well.

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

Congrats. You paid $2K plus for a cheaply and poorly Far East fabbed rim (as proven in this vid) with known garbage hubs to boot. Pat yourself on the back. Well done. LOL 😀😀

@darktimus 4 ай бұрын

@@rcg9573well. I have no issue on the wheel so far. I’m a real user on this wheelset and have been using for 2 years.

@veganpotterthevegan 4 ай бұрын

90kg and 50k miles on hookless road. I expect that to stay fully trouble free😊

@rcg9573 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, you solved a problem that does not exist on the road. Congrats genius. LOL 😀😀

@veganpotterthevegan 4 ай бұрын

@rcg9573 cool, you're crediting me with creating hookless. When will you start sending me my royalties?

@event4216 4 ай бұрын

Probably cycling industry should come up with specialist mounting paste for hookless rims so tires hold stronger on sidewalls? Meager $50 for 50ml bottle could drastically reduce risk of tire popping off rim, it's a win-win!

@lucamuller6729 4 ай бұрын

ETRTO recommendation for 25mm iw hl rims was updated to 29mm. Is that measured when mounted or the manufacturer specified size?

@ALeagueMan 4 ай бұрын

Part of the dark art and lack of standards across manufacturers and the industry. You don't really know, but looking up other people's experiences of the tyres on places like Reddit and WeightWeenies can be helpful.

@paulschulman8131 4 ай бұрын

I'm HOOKED on this video

@paulschulman8131 4 ай бұрын

Also my degree in sports engineering specializes in pen functionings

@Hambini 4 ай бұрын

@@paulschulman8131 you mean fuctionings.

@ckspark2 4 ай бұрын

I'm an engineer and wouldn't touch hookless rims with a barge pole. The manufacturers have a responsibility to consumers to explain the risks.

@michaelskelton8516 4 ай бұрын

Really fascinating episode, I guess you’ll tell us if Zipp etc come on and argue the points ?

@SandSanta 4 ай бұрын

So would the best path to mitigation, short of buying new rims, be wider tires and high pressure?

@richardmclaughlin1206 4 ай бұрын

I love Hambini but he's spewing some BS. I've had hookless rims on all three of my bikes, Mountain, gravel, and road. I follow the guidelines and have never had a problem. I have hookless rims on my motorcycle and car. No problem. According to Hambini I should be absolutely terrified at all times. It's clickbait bullshit. Hambini is better than this.

@MokaBoucha 4 ай бұрын

What I think he’s saying is that there’s a greater risk with hookless not that it WILL fail. I know a guy who smoked a pack a day and he’s alive and kicking in his 80s….

@Xarx42 3 ай бұрын

@@MokaBoucha Sure, but the big question is: by how much? If there's just a marginal difference in risk between hooked and hookless eg, than all those discussions are pointless, but we simply dont know (also Hambini doesnt apparently).

@EmptyMind469 4 ай бұрын

Such nonsense… dudes all freaking out here are clueless. Should hookless rims be a problem, you would see frequent accidents and a class action lawsuit going on for some time right now. To think that Zipp’s engineers wouldn’t do their homework properly and put a failed product in the market, risking the business reputation… please, give me a break. Just follow the guidelines. If you’re too heavy and afraid of over pressure, just get a regular hooked rim and conventional tube tires. That’s it. What a clickbait.

@TheBarnaby25 4 ай бұрын

What does your buddy think of Panaracer? I personally have really liked my Gravel King Slicks.

@SimonCurrey 4 ай бұрын

I hope this means my tough to mount Challenge tyres, 27 and 40, are on the safer side. Mind you at 69 and fit my loads are moderate not extreme. Fascinating and interesting. Thanks.

@grantsearles511 4 ай бұрын

Hooked shills are the same as rim brake shills. the technology is better but refuse to accept. follow the manufacturers psi and approved tyre list and you wont have a problem.

@hutchy_4297 4 ай бұрын

what makes it better?

@morneauh 4 ай бұрын

I love Vittoria Corsa, they are very comfortable and as fairly light rider I enjoy them. But the wall made of cotton is so soft, I can put them on and remove them without tire lever. I would never ever use them on hookless. Maybe that explain in part what happened in this case?

@poopy_pants_joe1194 4 ай бұрын

That sounds like more of a bad tolerance stack.

@robhallahan163 4 ай бұрын

Thanks fine lad for cutting through all the marketing guff we drown in in this industry. We were presented with this style of rim last week to set up tubeless for an MTB. Using the tyre supplied, lets just say our very experienced mechanic "carefully" blew it off the rim 3 times at less than 40psi trying to seat it Two other tyre varieties were trialled before a satisfactory bead was established. Even still, neither of us would trust the bloody thing. Customer was informed to tread carefully{very]!

@buzzman4860 4 ай бұрын

How do we know that the rim has not been damaged or compromised in a prior incident?

@Hambini 4 ай бұрын

It's zipp. so it's shit.

@techshedlington3106 4 ай бұрын

Hi Hambini.. 2 things .. 1) Could the tyre have been stretched in the bead area whilst being installed causing an oversize in the tyre bead diameter, hence the tyre not retained correctly to the rim ?? (some of the tubeless tyres are bitches to install) 2) would a wired style tyre (as in the tyres used before folding). retain to the rim better as the chances of tyre stretch is minimal ?? thanks for any comments you have ..

@clp91009 4 ай бұрын

Have to agree with your recommendation for tyre brands. I slightly prefer Continental over Michelin on my road bike but on my car I would choose Michelin slightly over Continental. Both are great tyre manufacturers.

@ifitrollsrideit530 3 ай бұрын

Always learn a lot watching these. The bit I'm curious about, isn't there a force in the opposite direction pulling the bead towards the rim because of the air pressure on the other side of the wheel? I don't really get how hookless work if I'm being honest.

@antheametcalfe849 4 ай бұрын

Could these problems be overcome by making the depth of the rim deeper? (Allowing for the need to have tires with deeper edges and potential difficulties getting them on and off?) I am not an engineer but curious?

@bananosipedist 4 ай бұрын

What do you think about Veloflex?

@ericpmoss 4 ай бұрын

@Hambini Have you seen LightBicycle’s new “hybrid” hook? They advertise that it has a 5psi higher pressure limit for tubeless, but my interest is because it looks like it would be great with tubes - enough hook to act like a hook, but still thick and blunt enough to be tougher in the face of rim strikes. Dunno…

@Ultegra10SPD 4 ай бұрын

I tried to run HEDs max pressure on my Jets (80psi iirc) and i never had so many pinch flats (tubes) in my life and even dinged a rim b/c of it. Back up to 95-100 f/r and it was same old same old mile after mile. -U10

@fridtjofsther8941 4 ай бұрын

Had the exact same experience with my jets. Serveral front and rear pinch flats when riding in a group.

@larrylem3582 4 ай бұрын

I was expecting the equations to be populated with typical numbers and the elongation and likelyhood of a tire blowing off a rim to be analyzed. How much pressure does it take to blow particular tire off of a particular rim? And then run a test of the two!

@ketle369 4 ай бұрын

So happy i bought the Shimano C46. I wanted the Zipp 303s because they looked cooler, but luckily the Shimanoes were on sale so. I don’t see any reviews on KZfaq of them. Probably because shimano isn’t sponsoring any KZfaqrs.

@JulianAndresKlode 4 ай бұрын

There are reviews on other websites like bike radar. Review says they are Light enough, easily serviceable (arguably they use no standard parts, everything is proprietary, I think spokes, nipples even to the wheel specifically, but basically any shop can order Shimano), somewhat twitchy in crosswinds and sluggish acceleration. escapecollective has another Everyone talking about how quiet they are was the main reason I didn't get them tbh. Also because they are narrow, their 28mm external width/21 internal will require the use of 25mm tires for aerodynamic alignment, as a 28mm tire will come out at 29-30. Same issue the 303s has. I decided to just stick "gravel" wheels (24 internal/30 external) on my bike, mainstream will be reaching that point in a couple years anyhow 😂