I hear you. I'm a little different. I only use my hands when I need to.

having owned chinese wheels like that before, my personal take on them is ok.. it's a trade off. you get some type of aerodynamic advantage in races, at a sacrifice of braking performance. the basalt braking surface really suck (and when I say suck, I mean noisy and haunting), and even with cork pads, the surface wear started to get noticeable real soon. it makes no sense to me to use rim brakes on carbon rims. disc seems like the way to go to get the longevity that you should get out of carbon.