If you are so very performance oriented, how would you ever even end up in the "old steel bikes" realm of the internet where we are finding ourselves right now?
I still wonder why 27" wheels are so popular on touring rigs if they are so "inferior in every way". It just seems like a larger wheel is going to have more spoke which would mean more weight, but then the ride quality could be improved in the way 29er wheels like to roll over things.