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So to give a bit more context......taking the crit/road racing a bit more seriously. Proper training regime, eating right etc....
Goal is to escape cat4 asap on 8 points so need a 5th before the end of November. Then target is to try to get up to Cat2 which is only really going to happen on courses with hills. I'm good on hills especially punchy ones/bad at sprinting. Then want to do some road racing....
Monster1985-
So to give a bit more context......taking the crit/road racing a bit more seriously. Proper training regime, eating right etc....
For most crits I think a well built 32 or even 36 spoked shallow section wheel-- think old school track-- with a properly glued tubular (perhaps even going to use a bit Terokal) is the best way to go. You want typically wheels that corner really well-- why clinchers are a shoot in the leg-- and you want wheels that can go through pot-holes and at speed (depending upon the course and locale perhaps even coblestones) and deal with the junk thrown up on the course (including other people's wheels). Sure deeper section wheels are more "aero" but you'd be perhaps better off with an aero helmet-- I suspect most of your competitors won't be wearing them and probably even riding clinchers on low spoke count boutique wheels..
EdwardZ
If you are "racing" I'd forget about the Zondas. Even in Cat-IV I'd not bother. Then again for "racing" I'd completely avoid the Sprinter Gatorskins-- the regular Sprinters are not bad (and they are even cheaper). If it is about reliability-- and especially if your are racing-- then I'd trade up to the Competitions.. They are lighter, robuster, ... (but also more expensive)..