my "should i" q involves wabi wheels as well but before i get to it...

i am looking at my 10 day-old wabi wheelset & it is not a matte finish. they have a gloss finish, it is just not high-gloss. perhaps the right term would be semi-gloss?

Decepticondc5...do i understand correctly that you bought a wabi front wheel & are now searching for a rear to "match"? are you looking at alternatives just to get a deeper rim? to what purpose? if you are looking for what you think is a stronger wheel, lemme tell you...these things are pretty damn tough. i jump down & ride up curbs, go down small steps, & even rode them off-road too, including a little session at a mtb park & so far...no problemo. can only hope they hold up long-term to the abuse, but unless you are looking at other rims for your rear wheel just for looks...you may have goofed by not getting both wabis.

now on to my own dilemma...

i am planning a long road ride this weekend & the rear wheel on the bike i mean to use is really out-of-true so i swapped my new wabi set onto it yesterday & love the results. i was never unhappy with the other wheelset, am quite satisfied with their performance & even kinda like the flashy deep rims. but it is hard to describe what a pleasure it's been riding this bike for the past day on the wabi wheels & i am tempted to leave them on it.

but then my problem is what to do for wheels on my other bike, which i do take off-road pretty often & especially since blue wheels really do not match that bike. i would have to either buy another wheelset or somehow strip the powdercoat (or is it anodized?).

here is what my "road" bike looks like with the 2 different sets...





so after that cool story brah, my question is...

is it really worth the xtra trouble & expense to keep the wabis on this bike? or should i make it easy on myself & just put the blue wheels back on it & the wabis back onto the other?