Originally Posted by cruiserhead

The classic argument for marginal gains on products. This is why you see some believer show up at a crit with 808s and a tt helmet... that's why you see disappointed watt-counting aero kool-aid drinkers once they hit the road.
It's a red herring argument that ignores a lot of realities of bike racing, and I'm guessing you know this.

Besides this being a sidetrack of what this thread is really about, anyone serious about racing pretty much will use deep section carbon wheels nowadays. It's almost a moot argument. If they don't, it doesn't really matter.