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Old 07-15-08 | 04:44 PM
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Bikes: Lemond Chambery/Cannondale R-900/Trek 8000 MTB/Burley Duet tandem

Originally Posted by San Rensho
and no apprecdiable difference in a time trial. Aero makes the biggest difference, not weight.
Unless it's an uphill TT!...My wife rides her 17 'ish cf roadie and does much better on a 3,000 ft climb than she does on her old steel Bianchi


But the OP is correct! I (before I knew better) was interested in some fancy liteweight aero wheels. Good thing I had a decent salesman. He said the $1200 would only save me about .3 of a second in a 20 mile ride. Not for me!
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