Originally Posted by Jim Bonnet
I'd take this with a grain of salt as it really depends on rider size, road conditions, etc... Im 156lbs and train on zipp 303s and ptsl... they are solid.
you can get a niobium30mm wheel that is quite solid as well..
Yeah, you tell me what you'd rather replace, a 303 rim with 24 spokes, or a DT with 32? And please tell me these aren't the 303's you just got this week?
You guys that train on Zipps can argue it all day long, but the fact still remains that a carbon rim is not as economical, or in a lot of cases as durable as an aluminum wheel.
Not to mention the fact that the OP says he wants "budget" and "durability". Two things that deep carbon wheels aren't known for.