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Originally Posted by thwart
Unless it rains.
As I mentioned earlier, a 420 gm alloy all-black rim with great braking is a very smart move by Mavic.
At ~ $175 it competes nicely with carbon clincher rims... most of which weigh about the same.
Carbon's big advantage really is in tubular wheels, IMO.
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carbons advantage is not just weight but aeroness and stiffness. I am a fan of alloy rims but a 420g alloy rim is not going to be as stiff as a 420g carbon rim and a 420g carbon rim will have a much deeper profile.
Of course if you don't care about any of those things then screw carbon because braking sucks and its more expensive.
I don't think carbon rim braking will ever be as good as alloy. I think they will slow down putting money into that now that disc brakes are here and when it comes to that, carbon is probably a better material for disc brake wheels.