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Originally Posted by waynesulak
I noticed those wheels are listed at only 1630 grams on the Rolf site. That weight offsets some weight penalty that comes with disk brakes.
But the discs would also offset the aero advantage of the deep sectioned rims.

Noth sure there's any wind tunnel data available, but my bet is those wheels are slower than alumninum Rolfs with rim brakes.
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