Originally Posted by chasm54

Well, as it happens I am racing, and I agree that I wouldn't have bothered buying the PlanetX CT45s if I wasn't, but I don't think there's any reason to believe that "good aluminiums will get you a lot further". Carbon rims are pretty robust.

I train and just ride around on openpros because they ride nice, and are inexpensive, not because they will get me further...