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Old 12-20-08, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by chelboed
With road components...you can make stuff stupid light but it doesn't need to withstand all the rigors. So why the exponential increase over MTB stuff? How can you justify it? I can see spending $500-$700 on a MTB wheelset b/c it's gonna be light'ish, yet still handle my jumping and stuff. What makes a $10,000 road wheelset worth any more than a set of DeeMax wheels? Is the carbon weave first chewed and then spit out by a Cherokee squa prior to the embedding process? I just assumed that it would cost more to build a high end MTB than high end roadie due to the additional stress on componentry.
Road biking is more popular. Road racing is more popular. Road racing gets lots of media attention.
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