Originally Posted by
THSdrummer
I understand and agree. For my riding style, I really don't have a good reason to for carbon wheels. I like to go out and hammer myself for an hour solo, so sure the carbon clinchers would help me snatch up some more Strava KoMs, but so would quitting running and focusing on cycling. Tubulars would be sweet, but just way overkill for my riding needs. It seems you can find tubular 2012 Zipp 303s on sale everywhere, just not sure it's worth it!
Coachboyd, thanks for the post. The re-designed rims are certainly of interest. No major ascents or descents around here, but I do get brake happy occasionally - I am working on it. I'd certainly like to have a lighter set of wheels, and an aero advantage would be swell, but just not necessary at this point in time for me.
I actually talk more people out of carbon and into an alloy set than vice versa. A lot of people (even me) like carbon because it's cool and fun. But for practical, a good alloy wheel can't be beat. Our alloy set is by far our best seller, mainly because we push it as the wheelset that there's never a bad time to use it.