Veebee Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 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...
Butterbean Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Deep and aero... Lose weight off yourself to make up the difference
bertusras Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Aero, and it looks cooler. (says he with 1392g wheels)
Vetplant Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 Why not a set of both? It is all monopoly money anyway..
Edge_Design Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 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.
Long Wheel Base Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 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.
Butterbean Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 And please don't be the guy who has aero wheels but never does the work up front...
Vetplant Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 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!
s14phoenix Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 38/50mm combo with weight of +/- 1500g I use my aero wheels a lot when I am alone and dropped out the back...
Velouria Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 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!
splat Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 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
nick_the_wheelbuilder Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 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.
Veebee Posted January 25, 2019 Author Posted January 25, 2019 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...
UK-Saffa Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 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
Zorro5614 Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 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
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