Veebee Posted January 25, 2019 Share To keep us busy on a friday... Aero or lightweight, which one is better ? Choice of:38/50mm combo with weight of +/- 1500g setor30mm with weight of +/- 1380g set riding style is mixed... short climbs and flats around where I live.Go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterbean Posted January 25, 2019 Share Deep and aero... Lose weight off yourself to make up the difference Vetplant, Veebee, DJR and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertusras Posted January 25, 2019 Share Aero, and it looks cooler. (says he with 1392g wheels) Edited January 25, 2019 by bertusras Capricorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted January 25, 2019 Share Why not a set of both? It is all monopoly money anyway.. babse, DJR, Mopkop and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge_Design Posted January 25, 2019 Share 80mm minimum - much easier for other people to read the decals on them. As far as real performance benefits are concerned - go for round wheels as those are definitely the best. DieselnDust, MDJ, jdwet1980 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted January 25, 2019 Share Doesn't matter how light my wheels are, It won't improve my climbing so I am aero all the way. Once you have done the hill you have to go down the other side anyway. Veebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterbean Posted January 25, 2019 Share And please don't be the guy who has aero wheels but never does the work up front... Underachiever, MDJ, Vetplant and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted January 25, 2019 Share And please don't be the guy who has aero wheels but never does the work up front...To all of you just sitting slip all the way till the sprint for 28th place! peetwindhoek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s14phoenix Posted January 25, 2019 Share 38/50mm combo with weight of +/- 1500g I use my aero wheels a lot when I am alone and dropped out the back... DieselnDust, Veebee, dsw and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velouria Posted January 25, 2019 Share Anything less than 60mm is just messing around. Forget looking cool and going fast, you want my respect as a cyclist - ride some deep sections in the howling South Easter. That's hardcore! MDJ, DJR and Wannabe 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splat Posted January 25, 2019 Share To keep us busy on a friday... Aero or lightweight, which one is better ? Choice of:38/50mm combo with weight of +/- 1500g setor30mm with weight of +/- 1380g set riding style is mixed... short climbs and flats around where I live.Go... 38/50 is not full aero - that's a compromise on both directions, which makes for a nice combo. I am not sure what the wind is like in Natal, but perhaps you could get away with a 50/80 combo if you wanted to go full retard aero.Also depends on your riding style within your groups and races. If you a solo rider and breakaway artist, then full aero is the way to go.But then you need aero kit, bike and helmet to really pull it off... If you go 30/30, that's the full climber approach - great if you live in the alps. Here in Cape Town, I would have gone with a 38/38 combo DieselnDust, Veebee and MDJ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaymondC Posted January 25, 2019 Share Always go aero. BMCfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick_the_wheelbuilder Posted January 25, 2019 Share It's always going to be a compromise. My most popular set for all-round use is 45/45. 475g per rim, laced to some super light Bitex hubs and you're at ~1500g and aero enough. Mopkop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veebee Posted January 25, 2019 Share 38/50 is not full aero - that's a compromise on both directions, which makes for a nice combo. I am not sure what the wind is like in Natal, but perhaps you could get away with a 50/80 combo if you wanted to go full retard aero.Also depends on your riding style within your groups and races. If you a solo rider and breakaway artist, then full aero is the way to go.But then you need aero kit, bike and helmet to really pull it off... If you go 30/30, that's the full climber approach - great if you live in the alps. Here in Cape Town, I would have gone with a 38/38 combo the wind here isnt bad as the Cape, but we do have our days.I train alone almost all of the time. Not hardcore racer, but have gone sub 3 at 947 so that should count for something :ph34r: Have ridden Token C50's for 2 years, didnt have much issues but in bad winds the front did feel abit unstable at times, hence me looking at the 38/50 option.Tokens got sold with my old bike and have been riding fulcrum racing 3's since and its time for something better again. A set of 30mm came up in the classified so just asked about lightweight so I know how and where to spend money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK-Saffa Posted January 25, 2019 Share Go Aero, they look good and if you say you have short climbs, the aero gains will probably trump lightweight. This being said I roll on a 990gr set of wheels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro5614 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Go aero if the wind is generally not that strong Even here in Worcester it feels sketchy at 50-60km/h with my 42mm Giant SLR1's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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