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GCN put a new comer called Winspace through their paces.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DFCPfbVC74M Seems to have come away unscathed. P.S: I would just buy Hunts. Although, I had a pair of yoeleo’s that weren’t bad. |
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Disappointed that they didn’t run into the curb sans tires. Might as well. edit: replaced "tubes" with "tires" Last edited by Dired; 12-08-2021 at 08:30 AM. |
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I've been anywhere from 88 kilos to 102 kilos over the past five years and ridden three different brands of carbon wheels without a problem (Zipp, Mavic and BTLOS). I normally break stuff a lot, too. You are a lightweight, relatively speaking. There are carbon wheel options out there that will work if you want them.
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Exactly! Also worth noting that the gcn results might be different if they used tubes. Would be interested to see them explore this in a video. |
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The cool carbon wheels are great for racing, pretty fun for training too but they stay in the shed when it's wet. That said sometimes I get caught out and for racing I will run carbon wheels even if it's wet. Alloy wheels are a long way off carbon, if you consider a matrix of depth, longevity and strength. Yes, you can get a lightweight shallow alloy clincher wheel that matches a lightweight shallow carbon clincher wheel but the alloy wheel will have thin brake tracks, hardly any spokes and in general be far more fragile than the shallow carbon wheelset of the same weight. Good illustration here is the DA C24, super duper light but the brake tracks don't last much more than 5,000km if you're riding in wet weather. Compare that with a Zip 202 or Enve 2.2, similar weight, but I know my Enve's have done way more than 5,000km in the wet and they're barely exhibiting any wear. Once you start moving toward any semblence of depth then carbon really comes into it's own though, I mean you can have some really deep 60mm rims that are a similar weight to a 30-35mm alloy wheel. If you care about aero at all, then there's no argument. Anyway, sounds like you've got your mind made up and it's fine, but there are plenty of good reasons and rational reasons to go with a carbon rim, even a carbon clincher rim. And if you want a non-rational reason, they look super sweet, ha ha! |
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