Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel Reviews

Review score: 8.8/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £469.99 (RRP: £469.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel worthy of a review score of 8.8 out of 10.

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• Brand – Zipp
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Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Wheels. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Wheels. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Wheels. Brands like Zipp are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Wheels category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Wheels.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £469.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.2 out of 10 for price.

Average price of Wheels

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Wheels.

We found 509 in the Wheels category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £731.16, making it below average at £469.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Wheels. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £3489.49, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £5.99.

With 509 products available we worked out that 271 cost more than Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel and 237 were cheaper.

Cost of Zipp products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 67 products from Zipp, of which 48 were in the Wheels category.

For now though we’re looking at Zipp branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £1201.11 making this product below average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Zipp product we found was £12.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £3489.49.

Of the 67 from Zipp, 47 were more expensive than Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel and 19 were cheaper.

How much are Zipp Wheels?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Zipp products that are listed in the Wheels category.

The average price of the 48 products that match this search was £1624.02, with the cheapest coming in at £469.99 and highest price was £3489.49. With the average being £1624.02, Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel comes in below average.

47 products that meet this search were more expensive than Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel and 0 were cheaper.

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Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Wheels category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.3 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel or another similar product, like Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Rear Road Wheel reviews or FSA BB30 Tool For MTB reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Wheels.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Wheels. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Zipp, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.8/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 27198134193
• Product ID 2: 798871UK
• Brand: Zipp
• Model number: ZPWH8527000
• RRP: £469.99
• EAN: 710845851124
• Description: Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road WheelTaking its design from the higher-spec Firecrest 303 model, this front wheel is ideal for modern “go anywhere” road bikes. Zipp has also updated this model with a wider rim to improve rider comfort, handling and aerodynamics. Expanding greatly on its heritage of conquering the Spring Classics, this 303 wheel maintains its ideal-for-every-terrain 45mm rim depth. However, this model adds a significantly wider internal width to provide greater performance and ride quality in almost every measurable way. Road bikes are more versatile than ever no matter the road surface, but just as fast as before. The 303 S offers an entirely new rim profile and design to optimise rider performance on this new breed of bike. This wheelset is tubeless compatible and designed for disc-brake bikes, allowing the ability to run wide tires at lower pressures for race-ready speed on or off the tarmac.45mm Deep Front WheelThe 303 S is among Zipp’s lightest wheels, optimised for top aero performance with a 28mm tyre but capable of handling gravel tyres up to 50mm wide. The key innovation is in the 303 S’s rim design. Its 45mm rim depth is the same as its predecessor, the 302 Disc brake. But its external rim width is 2mm wider, at 27mm, and its tyre bed is a full 7mm wider, at 23mm internal width. That rim platform is designed to be the fastest with a 28mm tyre. The wide rim optimises tyre profile to allow lower tyre pressure. That helps to reduce rolling resistance and provides a more compliant ride. The result of all this is a 10 watt savings vs. a top peer wheel in total power required to ride 40kph on a flat road with a 28mm tire, according to internal Zipp testing.This ground-breaking wheel also features all-new cosmetics, setting the rider apart from the pack, and comes at a very attractive price.Features: Rim Material: Carbon Fibre with updated Zipp graphics Brake Compatibility: Disc (centre lock) Rim Inside Width: 23mm Rim Profile: Symmetrical Rim Type: Clincher Rim Finish: UB Fibre / Bake-on Labels / Matte Clear Coat Spoke Type: CX-Sprint Spoke Count: 24 Spoke Pattern: 2-cross Nipple Material: Brass Axle Type: TA 12x100mm Bearing Type: Cartridge – Stainless Steel Driver Mechanism: 3 pawls leaf spring Tubeless Ready: Yes Hub: 76 DB hub with centre locking interfaceSingle or Pair: Single Weight: 711gBuy Zipp Wheels & Tyres from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Wheels
• Size: 700c
• Unisex
• 0
• Adult

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A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Zipp 303 S Carbon Disc Front Road Wheel included,
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