I was on the market for a new road bike and the shop that I can get good discounts at is Trek exclusive. The Emonda SL6 Pro was the bike I was initially looking at, but I noticed that the Boone RSL is the same price and only weighs about 1 lb more. I have always loved CX bikes, in my opinion they're super fun to ride on dirt and I love to see roadies get mad when I pass them on one. When looking closely at the spec of the Boone, I noticed that the ultra-light Bont. Paradigm wheels are road specific wheels, which was somewhat surprising to me. Indeed Sven Nys rides with carbon road wheels on his CX bike, but to me they seem too fragile to be ridden off road on bumpy dirt-roads and trails for the amateur rider who has to pay for their wheels when they bend or crack.

If I were to buy the Boone I would probably get another set of wheels so I could have one set for CX and one for pavement. Considering the Boone's stock wheels are for road, I would probably get another stronger set for trails. What do you think of this? I have bent XC mountain bike wheels in ruts and rolling over bumps, so I would not trust road wheels over similar terrain. Considering the Boone's Paradigm wheels weight basically as much as the Emonda SL6 Pro's Vision Metron M40 carbon wheels, why does the Boone weigh a pound more anyway? Is there a pound more carbon in the frame set? They have basically the same components.