thanks for posting that. Interesting read, but yeah, as you say: "take it with a grain of salt"
I can't help but be a bit suss of a 'review' which includes a link at the bottom of the page to buying the wheels on the same site, especially when the review is 95% glowing, with the only minor 'drawback' being the cliche about slightly heavier wheels 'feeling' slow at the end of on a short, steep climb. And he felt he was going 2 to 3mph faster on the flats? Crikey! I'd sell my family to Mexican bandits if I was guaranteed that sort of speed increase.
I've never felt a 'real' speed increase on a set of wheels, especially not my Flash-Points. If anything, the FPs feel a little slow coz I feel them flex, and I reckon my 30mm alu rims hold high speed better. I dunno how anyone can really quanitfy a speed difference outdoors anyway, coz the slightest change in wind conditions effect speed so much, and conditions are rarely indentical
Also, his claim of a 30s time improvement over 10km means his couldn't really being going 2 to 3mph faster.
For eg, if he usually averaged 40kph for the 10k course, he'd do it in 15mins. Then, if if bettered this by 30s, his time of 14:30 means he'd average 41.38kph, which is obviously an improvement of 1.38kph; not even 1mph faster! If he did his initial TT at an average of 50kph, his time would be 12mins, so bettering this by 30s, to 11:30, boosts his average by 2.17kph, which is 1.35mph....anyway, I've obviously thought about this too much