Largest Misconception in cycling- wheel weight matters!
12-29-14, 11:08 AM
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For non-competitive riding, what is the advantage of aero rims ?
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What about unfun rides? I took the guys out this past weekend and...err...there was this 17 mile section of hills I plotted, after a bit every turn was greated with derisive snorts of disbelief, "Come on! Really?" lmao...
Finishing was fun. Ha!
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With aero wheels, you assume you are going faster based on somebody's wind tunnel tests.
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And aero wheels are faster regardless of competition or not. I ride and train all the time in aero wheels to the point where I am comfortable with just about any reasonable winds.
Oh and the differences between 25 and 23 tires are only noticeable on lab testing as well but they are faster regardless.
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Isn't it quite flat where you live? The best all purpose wheel I can hope for where I live is semi-aero. I have significant hills to the North, a River to the West and coast to the East (Crosswinds...)....but if I lived in the flats I'd definitely go for 50mm+...
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it's really just personal. like, "blue is my favorite color". 
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45 mm is pretty deep to me. I just like shallow aluminum rims. Especially the price. So shoot me.
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Seems more like the best of neither world to me. Not really light and snappy, not really aero. I'd rather have two sets of wheels (or just one of the two) than a single compromise set. If I could only have one, I'd go with the shallow aluminum rim so I could have something usable in gusty conditions.
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Yeah, what is with the repeated overblown posting of things like, "Rotating weight is so bad a mere extra gram or two in your wheels kills puppies and drowns kittens! You're better off saving 5W for a few seconds a few times than you are saving 10-15W all the time!!!!"
12-29-14, 02:11 PM
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Come ride A1A in South Florida and tell me how you like aero wheels in the constant crosswinds
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Aero aficionados say after awhile the crosswinds stop bothering you. The while that crosswinds had to be after was too long for me. Supposedly new designs aren't affected by crosswinds as badly as old flat V shaped deep rims. I have no idea what not as badly actually means. Anything worse than a Kinlin XR-200 would be too bad for me.
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Aero aficionados say after awhile the crosswinds stop bothering you. The while that crosswinds had to be after was too long for me. Supposedly new designs aren't affected by crosswinds as badly as old flat V shaped deep rims. I have no idea what not as badly actually means. Anything worse than a Kinlin XR-200 would be too bad for me.
I built my Stan's wheelset(1275g) for about $200 (The hoops were free), but it's easy to build some for around $450.