
303 XPLR SW
Zipp 303 XPLR SW wheelset - designed for speed and durability on gravel Even if you don’t plan on racing Unbound or don’t have a Dylan Johnson-esque laser focus on being as aero as possible at all times, you will find a lot to tempt you with the Zipp 303 XPLR SW fast gravel wheelset. They are not only designed to be aero and fast, but they have doubled-down on durability and make a concerted effort to eliminate the dreaded pinched-flat. When you were a kid, did you ever find your way through a maze by starting in the center to work your way back out? That’s essentially what Zipp did when developing these gravel-specific bike wheels. They looked at what the ideal tire width should be for fast gravel and then built the ideal rim for it. Most manufacturers have slapped the “gravel” label on rims that are in reality just modified road rims. The problem with that is that carbon rims designed for the road use carbon layups that emphasize low weight and high stiffness. But Zipp recognized th