carbon track wheels?
 

do people use tri spoke track wheels on the road in day to day riding?
what are the pro's and cons?

I know the answer to the first question: yes I have recently riden with two different people sporting tri carbon wheels on the every day ride.

CON:

If that ish breaks while you're out and about, you're walking for sure, whereas with regular spokes, you can spare a few before things get too dicey. Also, repairing a broken spoke is a way more complicated and expensive endeavor.

on a lot of them i dont think you can even repair a broken "spoke" can you??

And if one of three spokes breaks, you are going to greet the pavement in a hurry.

I have a carbon Zipp tri spoke rear on my Motobacane.
I need a carbon brake pad to run the matching front wheel.
It's pretty quiet and the hub is custom built, possibly by White Industry.

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If they are Track specific wheels they will be of light construction and not designed to take a daily road pounding, there are road carbon wheels which are designed for that purpose.

and i guess that having a tub (which most tri spoke wheels seem to have) would be pretty annoying if you got a punture out on the streets.
they are also very very expensive......but, they do look cool :)

Unless you're riding on pavé you're not gonna break a trispoke. And if you have a well-built wire wheel it won't break either. Mute point.

Loads of people use tubs on their everyday bike, myself included. Carrying a spare tub may take up a bit more room than a tube or patch kits, and changing it is a hassle whatever type of set-up you run. Flats suck, mute point.

However, posh expensive carbon is always going to be a theif magnet, especially wheels since you never see them on the street, just on TV. But if you're doing a club run and not locking up for any length of time that's not really a problem.

Your only other real problem will be crosswinds. People often complain of the sail area of trispokes, and in a strong cross wind it could make you unstable or cause a fall. But for the most part a wind that strong would be a problem anyway. If you were going for a disk I'd advise against it, but a pair of trispokes would be fine. And a chick magnet to boot :)

i ride with a tri-spoke in the front and it always takes a little getting used-to in a crosswind. there is definitely a difference in handling.

I use a spinergy 4 spoke carbon wheel on the front of my fixie.

Goes good, but then, I don't hop gutters too often.