Originally Posted by
Psimet2001
I love seeing that. Odds are they went to a local shop to buy them as well. Awesome
I just hope they find someone else to ride with because that will keep them riding and after all that's the most important thing here. Wait....maybe I missed your point. Were you trying to say that wheels should have minimum speed limits?
I wonder how fast they'd be going if they didn't have the wheels?
....wonder how their enjoyment of riding is impacted by having them....
You are quite right the most important thing is to keep riding but wrong about the rest.
A $2K set of wheels is a waste of money for somebody who is slow. Of course its OK to buy them and ride them.
A $2K set of wheels is likely carbon. The highest end wheels are:
Stiff and light with the highest priority on speed. Stiff is generally uncomfortable for the average cyclist like the OP. Racers accept stiff for more speed because speed is the priority. Light has diminishing return for speed...once you get to 1500g for the average rider.
High end wheels when they get out of round are generally more expensive to repair. Some are strong but others are not because the priority is weight and speed. Carbon 'can' be sensitive to tire mounting. Pure racing wheels for an average cyclist is silly. You can debate it all you want...I know you build good wheels here and like to sell them and people love them. Nothing wrong with that. I have friends that ride Zipps and it is fine. But you can build a set of wheels for the OP that will be more bombproof...have a better ride...use generic spokes for lower cost repair/maintenance with super light hubs and great bearings for $500. No doubt you build those kind of wheelsets by the boatload because they are what the average cyclist is best served by and few race on the elite even amateur level. Take the remaining $1500 and buy the highest end gruppo made from any of the mfrs...or put it toward the highest end frameset taylored to the kind of riding the OP does.