Originally Posted by
grolby
The aluminum core should help a lot with heat dissipation, and that along with the brake surface treatment should mean that these do brake better and won't fade as badly as normal carbon rims do. So that much is good. Otherwise, yes, they are a bit underwhelming, and the magnitude of the braking improvements are unclear. $2700 ish is a lot of cash for a wheel that's still well behind the leaders in aerodynamics.
I agree with what your saying but for not much more weight, much less money and with better aero properties a Zipp or a HED hybrid with aluminum brake track solves all the problems. Sort of seems like a no brainer to me.