I run Deep V's on one of my fixed commuters and it definitely gets the job done, but I think that while they are great wheels there is also a lot of hype that goes with them. Yeah, they look great (I have a set of wood grain Deep V's and I love the way they look) but the set of Open Pro's I have on my other fixed commuter get the job done equally as well without the cost or the weight of a boat anchor. The two bikes have the same tires, tubes, air pressure, and till recently they had the same gearing. My average speeds over the last four months are within 2/10ths of a mile per hour of each other. When there are severe crosswinds on my commute I definitely feel the "push" with my Deep V's...not nearly as much with the low profile of the Open Pros. The Deep V's are definitely more bombproof than the Open Pros though.

But really, the only way to be faster is to have your engine well maintained and running at top performance.