Originally Posted by
Trakhak
Yes, you and I (5' 8", 118 lbs) would benefit from lighter wheels (to a point; as I've posted before, I disliked my ultra-light Hi-E wheels). We'd also benefit from a lighter frame, or even from carrying one water bottle instead of two. Both would have the same effect as a wheelset that was lighter by the same amount.
That's an interesting story about the lightweight wheelset simply because I just stepped on the scales. 5'8" and 205lbs. Yesterday was a running/weights day, so I'm retaining lots of fluid today.
It's too bad we don't live closer to each other. We could do some testing with the same bike/equipment on these subjects people are always arguing about and get results from opposite ends of the spectrum.