Road Wheels & Road Wheel Recommendations?

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miro_o in reply to @MechaMorgan

They weight about the same as flow 60s.

Do you know why they weigh so much @Mechamorgan ?

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MechaMorgan in reply to @miro_o

Alu rim + carbon fairing = weight of 2 single material rims, give or take.

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miro_o in reply to @MechaMorgan

No.

It's the hubs.

Shimano use steel hub bodies. Massive high-load ball bearings and stiff axles.
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Brommers in reply to @MechaMorgan

It's not a fairing. It's a carbon layer laid up over a very thin aluminium rim section. If it was a fairing it wouldn't have the spoke nipples poking out of it.

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