Originally Posted by
carpediemracing
4. Spoke count (and/or spoke shape, it's not clear if a fat spoke is worse than a big aero one, i.e. R-Sys vs twice as many aero spokes)
Actually it is.
Last year, someone posted a link to the results of aero-testing a lot of high-end wheels, and the R-Sys came in dead last.
I think it was a French website, but I can't find it right now.
Edited to add: Found it:
http://www.rouesartisanales.com/article-15505311.html