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I have the basalt brake tracks from about 3 years ago. A little sketchy in the wet, tbh. Taken them to the mountains a few times with no issues.
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Afraid it's been so long since I had alu brake tracks I can't remember, but I wouldn't say it's ever sketchy for normal riding. Doubt it will be close to alu.
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I got caught in a wet descent (and ascent) on Furka last august, definitely sketchy but do-able with swissstop black prince pads.
While not on par with aluminum rims in brake performance in wet (for mountain climbing only wheels I would spec shallow Kinlin's) all-round I'm pretty happy with the LB grooved rims.
edit: I live in Belgium so the terrain is not really over demanding for brake carbon rim brake performance, even in Ardennes or Eifel regions.
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The more expensive option is in my experience a bit better in the wet. The non basalt is fine though.