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"jim" <
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> looking for advice on upgrade from kyserium sl to... ?
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> I'm 80kg
>
> Doing 250 - 300 km per week
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> Dedicated but plodding hill climber
Are you racing? You'd think that was a dumb question in rbr, but...check
the archived posts for why I might ask a dumb question.
> Need to balance weight-weenie-ness with durability
>
> Clicher prefered
What do you hope to gain?
While I'm at it, actually, what's the attraction of Ksyriums? As far as
I can tell they're not especially light, not especially aero, use magic
spokes, proprietary rims and hubs, and even need the special Mavic tool
to adjust the spokes.
What do they offer versus something mildly racy like a set of wheels
with 18/24 bladed spokes laced into made-in-Taiwan cartridge hubs and
rims of about the same depth as the Ksyriums?
The Elites are only about as expensive as the rims I quote above, and
weigh more. SSC SLs weigh about the same, but cost considerably more
than the benchmark wheels. Admittedly, I haven't weighed my rim tape, so
maybe they make it up there.
My recommendation is to upgrade to the shiniest wheels you can afford.
These will offer the greatest placebo effect, which is the most
important performance aspect of any lightweight wheel.
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