Originally Posted by
Racing Dan
Yeah, I dunno. Nice carbon rims are nice, but braking in the wet is *****e and wearing out the brake track is annoying. And the noise? Even in the dry these modern rims with grooved brake tracks are really annoying - And they are not even mine... ;-)
I dunno, I like the sound my carbon wheels with the grooved track make when braking, it's a very pleasant zzzzzzz sound. What bugs me are all the disc brakes constantly squeaking on group rides.