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Originally Posted by NHAero
My figure of 1,690g is bare wheels with rim tape. Not exactly boat anchors.
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Well, sorry, that's a light boat anchor.
If you're trying to keep costs under $1000, I can give a strong recommendation for the Industry Nine I25 wheels. These tick all the boxes: mine are 1423g actual weight and they don't need rim strips. 20/24 spokes, 2/1 lacing, with straight-pull spokes. They use the same Sapim CXRay aero spokes as nearly every $2500 carbon wheelset. 19mm inner width, 27mm outer width.
Believe me you will notice more than a half-pound of weight and the aero advantage.
If you look around you'll find wheels that tick some of the optimal boxes but not all. For example, the nice Fulcrum wheels tick a few boxes but are still old-fashioned narrow rims.
They've been bombproof on my Hampsten Ti for many miles. I can't remember the last time I even thought about truing them and I weigh 25 pounds more than you.
So...light, aero, reliable and budget-friendly.
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