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Hi all, I am considering building up some new wheels for my road bike and am looking at rim choices. My current rims are DT Swiss 450s, chosen largely on budget (cheap!) but also on weight (450g). The 450 does not look the most aerodynamic of rims so I was looking at deeper sectioned rims and noticed that they seem to be considerably heavier (typically around 580g). I realise this weight difference is not really going to be a major issue (probably less than a half full water bottle) but it got me wondering, is there any advantage to improved aerodynamics if it comes at the cost of weight? Are there benefits to deeper rims that I am overlooking (stiffness etc)? I assume carbon rims would be both light and aero but I was comparing like for like, in this case aluminium, and I want to keep things affordable.