Aero ~(50|55) wheels under 1300g?

I hate to say it like this, but what am I looking at?

Do you have the original article, what is the difference between the best ranking and the worse ranking?

I would say thats part of the game however, you are paying half of the price of the marketed brand without exactly knowing. It could be a similar shape and be .01 watt slower or it could be 3 watt slower. The CN manufactured products at least show the dimensions of their rims and dont make any (true or false claims).

For all we know - they are the OEM manufacture of the western/marketed brand and they just ripped of the design.

If you are very curious about what would be the most aerodynamic wheel you should look at a 3-spoke wheel for aerodynamics and to save weight over a full disc (I kid). You however should check out the Syncros Capitals

The testing they perform claims all the other tested wheels are within 2-2.5W of each other but the Capital is 1.19W faster than the closest competitor and 3.73W faster than the slowest tested wheel (Zipp 454NSW). At the end of the day is $4100USD worth it to be 2-4w faster than other wheels and if you flip it is 2-4w worth $1-1.5k USD more over a CN wheel for a marketed wheel brand (If it even is that much aero savings)?

This may not be everyoneā€™s delima (if resources are not limited) and I like to think a lot of people like to make the most logical choice (for their situation).

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Another option:

This is just marketing from Hunt. However l, no matter what test you look, there are differences in aerodynamic drag.

You seem to making the point (which could be valid, I donā€™t know), that the difference are too small to care, Iā€™m I right?

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Not that should you care, but more along the lines does it matter to you (which is fine if it does)!

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Results from GF Mag tests.

Here is the white paper. Itā€™s actually a pretty interesting read (more than a lot of marketing stuff that comes out) as they tested a number of different wheels (with varying depths and widths) and tested both 28mm and 30mm tires. So you can see how much watt loss you might get going wider, etc. I think the fact that their wheel didnā€™t test the absolute fastest kind of makes me ā€˜believeā€™ the data a bit more

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In sum:

If you have the money :point_right:t3: Syncros
Mid range :point_right:t3: Black Inc
Low Prixe :point_right:t3: :cn::cn::cn:

I highly recomment progress wheels. they are a spanish brandā€¦ and are simple amazing. they do graphene wheels incredible stiff and light.
for the 50/55 aero wheels they have an offering at 1375g so just 75g over your requirements.

Progress | A-PRIME DISC Ruedas Bicicleta Carretera Carbono (progresscycles.com)

they offer is also in tubular version for 1310g if you want.

if you opt for 38, you can have wheels for less than 1300g and they cost ā€˜onlyā€™ 1600 euros. and have two year crash replacement (one on purchase, one if you register them within two months.

sadly nobody has taken the time to test them. but i ride them i have done paris roubaix. strada biancaā€¦

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