Light wheels or arodynamic? (Page 2)

Road Phoenix - 2010-07-30 2:51 PM
If you buy carbon 404's they will be both aero and lighter than your run of the mill clinchers. 

bschorr - 2010-07-29 1:18 PM

of course, I can't find the links right now, but I've read one set of test report data that indicated the helmet was about 4x better than a set of aero wheel, and another that showed it to be equivalent.

However- aero wheels are cool looking.  Riding around with a TT helmet looks way too geeky unless you're racing.  $1000 more to look cool?  You betcha'

JohnnyKay - 2010-07-30 3:07 PM Any other recommendations about wheels to check out in the $600/wheelset range? 



See a problem? 

Road Phoenix - 2010-07-30 3:29 PM

Used ones.

meherczeg - 2010-07-29 1:47 PM 250 g is about half a pound.  Go #2 before you ride and get the aero wheels.

JohnnyKay - 2010-07-30 3:35 PM

Fixed that for you.

eggraid101 - 2010-07-29 2:46 PM They'd be for training and racing both, and they'd be for tris and road riding both, too.  A do-it-all wheelset, right? 

Oops, you're right, I had pulled up the Cosmic Elites that are 30mm, the Ksyrium are 22/25 mm depth. 

I had some old Mavic Cosmic something-or-other that were fairly deep - 50-60mm I'd guess.  I've lost 3 eyelets on those wheels, so I think they're done for.  They were fine, any comparable wheels you can think of?

AngeloS - 2010-07-30 3:37 PM

why does it always eventually come back to going #2?

bctri21 - 2010-07-31 12:18 PM Depends on where you are racing. At IM St. George this year lots of guys showed up with deep dish wheels and simply put they suffered. If you are spending lots of time on hills or rollers, I would go light. Rolf makes great wheels that are aero and light, but they aren't deep like Zipps, etc. I have passed plenty of guys mashing up hills with their deep wheels. Unless you live in the flatlands and plan on racing on the flats, I would go with the lightest aero wheels within your budget.

JohnnyKay - 2010-08-02 7:58 AM



Unless you do a lot of long, uphill time trials, I would go with the most aero wheels you can.  Weight is not as big a penalty as many think it is.

JohnnyKay - 2010-08-02 10:58 AM

Unless you do a lot of long, uphill time trials, I would go with the most aero wheels you can.  Weight is not as big a penalty as many think it is.

the bear - 2010-07-29 1:21 PM Why would you want lighter for training? Isn't the old saying, "train heavy, race light?"

gsmacleod - 2010-07-29 4:45 PM

IMO, the only criteria that you are looking for in a set of training wheels (even if they also serve as race wheels) is that they should be bombproof.  I would suggest a set of Ultegra hubs laced to Mavic Open Pro rims and you will have a wheelset that you never need to worry about.

They won't be aero or light but they will be reliable and you will get thousands of miles without a concern. 
Shane

morey000 - 2010-07-30 9:23 AM

I'd be curious to see them if you do find the links.  I've seen a bunch of studies on it and I've never seen one that indicated that the helmet was even equally effective in time saved.  Most studies I've seen say the wheels are 2-4 times more effective.  But 10 times more expensive.