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Old 05-05-19 | 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Sy Reene
Enjoy them. I wonder if they'd do a mix n'match wheelset (eg. 35/45mm front/rear)?.. hmmm
I'm sure they would - they are very accommodating - just email them.

But I'm curious as to your reasoning? It seems to me that the deep profiles provide greater advantage in the front than in the back. Their purpose is to reduce drag owing to turbulence, but there is so much turbulence around the rear wheel anyway (owing to wakes from the front wheel, your legs and pedals, etc.) that the effectiveness of the rim profile, I would think, would be diminished. Were I to go the path you are considering, I'd have a deeper profile in the front.

But I'm open to hearing a contrary opinion.
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