Who here races AND trains on carbon wheels?

[FastforaSlowGuy]

I'm actually going to try to get in shape and race this year. I've even got some awesome HED Stinger 6 wheels to do the job with Spring weather is dodgy, though, and the potholes up here can blur the line between pavement and gravel. Historically I've logged my training miles on some alu rims and waiting for things to clear a bit before taking out my good wheels, and while that's good for fitness, it doesn't get you as tuned in to how your bike handles and brakes when wearing race wheels. Maybe that's just the way of the world, but with the proliferation of cheaper carbon hoops I wonder how many folks here are now training on deep-dish carbon rims?

[makoti]

I'd ride them year-round, if I lived someplace without road salt & sand. I'd be worried that stuff would trash the braking surfaces.

[saab2000]

I don't race anymore but I just bought a fancy new bike with ENVE carbon wheels and they are my daily rider wheels now, at least when I ride that bike, which lately has been about 80% of the time.

They are expensive, but there's nothing at all about them that seems 'fragile'. I don't think you have anything to fear if you ride smartly.

All that said, where I live there are no hills so I'm not wearing out the brake tracks.

I don't see any real reason you shouldn't ride high zoot carbon wheels as your daily wheels if you find some you like.

[thegunner]

i'm just plain too lazy to change brakepads, so when i want to ride the moots, i ride the carbon wheels - simple as that haha

[carpediemracing]

I used to. I had DV46 tubulars and clinchers so used the clinchers in training.

I went to wider rims so am all HED stuff now. Race wheels are Stinger 4 front, 6/6, and 7/9. I have Jets and Bastognes but want to get rid of them and get one set of carbon clinchers, rounded profile, not sure of height. I'm thinking super short height (30mm?) as an alternative to the taller race wheels in case of rain or something in a race.

Another member uses open mold carbon clinchers in training. Based on his experience I'll probably get rims/wheels from the same place.

[Likes2ridefar]

i dont race or train anymore but i do ride on carbon clinchers by choice. I will admit I got them for free so I would not be riding them if not for that. but i have lots of other wheels and I do prefer these. They are better handling than any of my aluminum wheels on the terrain I ride probably because they are stronger and nice and wide and look right with 25-27c tires.

mine are currently covered in dirt and salt. they seem OK. so is the bike.

[FlashUNC]

Not racing, but riding some Hyperons with no issue. They're not on my rain bike, but I don't have any qualms taking them out for a random Sunday or midweek ride.

Life's too short to ride stuff you don't like.

[Dead Man]

Im riding an older set of Aeros through this winter, and if they're still good come spring (and I think they'll be fine) I'll race on them too. But if not, it's no big deal... I bought them used and if I crash them or wear them out im not out $2500.

That's how I roll. Other dudes are too snooty.

Some stiff carbon rims are stronger than any aluminum rims... So I defjnitely wouldn't sweat rough road riding. You're not gonna hurt them, unless you hit something that would buckle any wheel, or crash em.

[Highpowernut]

I have one set of wheels for each bike, the aero tri bike has 404 fc clinchers, the road has zipp 101s ( take offs from tri bike when I got the 404 set)
They are depreciating assets, and as a wise man once said, if you have the means I highly recommend it.

[aaronka]

Like others on the thread I ride on carbon wheels all the time because I have one bike set up that way (with appropriate brake pads). It doesn't hurt that those wheels (Zipp 404's) look and perform amazingly. And they are strong and durable so I don't worry about it. However I don't ride them in rain/snow.

My other bikes are not set up with carbon wheels so when the weather is wet I grab one of those.

[FastforaSlowGuy]

I've got a bike that only wears alu rims, but once I get into race season I like to log as many miles as possible on the race bike. So I can always just grab a different bike, but that sort of defeats the purpose of training on what I'd race on.


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[azrider]

guilty

[Deucer01]

Last year I trained and raced on my Zipp 404 Firecrests. But this year I think I'll save them for races and and go back to my 101s for training. I just converted my 404s for 11 speed and have a conversion kit for the 101s from Zipp on the way.

[Uncle Jam's Army]

I train and race on my carbon wheels. The first six months of the year I trained and raced on some Reynolds Assault clinchers. Though I didn't do any racing the last six months, I'm riding two sets of clincher wheels (different depths) for training, though I have a new set of Pacenti wheels I am throwing into the training mix as well.

I also have one set of superlight carbon tubulars that I bust out only for special occasions, when I've lost enough weight to see my feet.

[shovelhd]

I do. Train on clinchers and race on tubulars.