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Old 02-01-08, 01:12 PM
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Crit Rat, have you ridden the Mavics on much rolling terrain? Not steep climbing, but something in the neighborhood of several 6-10% with an occasional 13-15% grade. I've got a couple road courses on my calendar with that kind of terrain where the weight of the Mavics concerns me. Other parts of the courses are windy (usually headwind) with a long false flat (uphill) on some rough pavement, where I feel the wheels would help me. I'm not really podium material for those kinds of races, but the Mavics are a little heavier than my Shimano wheels. Should they really be just for crits and flatter races, or do they perform well enough on rollers?

Thanks for all the input on Reynolds wheels. I looked up the DV46C. They're much lighter than I expected. There is one shop that I go to down here that sells them (I think), but neither of our sponsor shops do. I was hoping to take advantage of a team discount, but I'll consider Reynolds.
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