Originally Posted by jim wallace
I use my road bike for triathlons and am wondering if aero wheels would make much difference in speed. I currently have bontrager race light wheels and am looking at getting bontrager race x light aero. They are $800 and I was wondering it would be worth the money. Thanks
$800 would buy you a pretty good set of Road wheels, but you will need to spend at least $1,400 for Zipp 404's which are pretty much the standard for Triathletes. I use my 404's in training, and use my new Z series 999's in races depending on the wind conditions. I would like to add an 808 rear and a 303 front to give me more options.
But do Aero wheels make a difference? Depends on the distance - the longer the better. if your doing sprints it's overkill - Olympic, yes you will be faster. In a 1/2 IM ya baby now your talking. In Hawaii disc wheels are not allowed due to the winds...even using my 404's there was scary at times.