Originally Posted by
burnthesheep
Fwiw, in spokes and lacing over on Slowtwitch it’s been said for aero that two spokes is worth about 10mm depth in the rim and bladed versus normal can mean a lot.
I would never own aero wheels without aero spokes. Period. It matters that much.
I thought "bladed" spokes, the wide, flattened ones, were actually less aero than round when the wind is to the side. The CXray ovalized spokes are more aero, and stronger than round spokes.
But I'm pretty sure they save 1-2 watts per wheel.