My second ride was today with the tubular carbon wheels. Today I didn't notice so much the smoothness of the ride, though it was there, but the lightness of the wheels compared to my DTSwiss 465's. They seem to accelerate quickly , and the 58mm aero profile seemed to have an effect (easier riding) over 20 mph. Perhaps the actual effect is more in my head than actual efficiency, but it's noticeable. And perhaps it's still the honeymoon period when I'm in love with the feel of the carbon wheels - will the effect last?

Anyway, after just two days of riding these wheels, I want them. However, I can't justify the cost to have these wheels are just "race" wheels. Would they hold up to daily riding (not winter, but decent weather training and race wheels)? And how much are tubulars a pain in the #(# for training? Is the addition of the PowerTap to these wheels a waste of lightness and feel? Ideally, I would like to buy a Quarq or the Garmin Vector (March) as my powermeter (I'm addicted to power for both training and racing), and then buy a nice set of carbon clinchers (38 or 58mm profiles) for summer training and racing. This gets pricey. But a friend is willing to sell me the Easton SL90 TT carbon tubulars to me with Powertap attached for $1500 - maybe less. To justify the cost, I would need to sell my current powertap wheel (465's) - my current daily trainer; perhaps I could sell my Ksyrium's backup wheelset instead (perhaps $200) of the DTSwiss. Anyway, are nice carbon tubular wheels laced to a PowerTap hub the way to go? Would they make a reasonable semi-daily trainer and racing wheelset? I'm 6' and 160 lbs.