I have a pair of the Pro wheels. For what they are, they're fairly fast. No, they're not carbon 58mm deep rims so they're not going to be *that* fast, but they're nicer at speed than your typical Open Pro/32h wheels.

If you're racing crits, they're not going to be something you'll cry over if/when you go down on em.

...and if you do... They're built with normal spokes in a normal lacing pattern. Fixing em is easy. My rear wheel started breaking spokes after 3-4 years of fairly heavy use. Rebuilt em with CX-Rays and kept on going. Still use em for the Wednesday Night Worlds rides.

The WCS version was 16/20 spokes. Pros: 20/28.

As a note: if the OP is talking about a 'normal' wheel built with Ritchey rims, IIRC they're Velocities (or copies) AFA 'upgrading' depends on what you're looking to accomplish. I have another 32h rear wheel with a Ritchey offset rim that's a wheel. Nothing hugely different about it other than it says Ritchey on the rim. :dunno

I train on 32h Open Pro-style wheels for 90% of my riding. The wheels go round and round. If there's an upgrade to round, I don't know what that is.

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