Pimping my Ride (Wheelset choice Help)

There are lots of online tools to calculate/estimate weight difference and/or aero difference. Weight wise the difference between your two choices is .25Kg or .55lbs. Up a 8% slope for 5 miles at 300W that equals 0.16kph or 0.1mph. Or a difference of 19 seconds.

Aero…this is pretty general (they don’t define deep or shallow) but, just a quick search says 2% a deep section wheel would have to be 2.8kg heavier than the shallow wheels to see equal speed performance; 4%=940g heavier and 6%=390g and 10%=50g.

Just fyi. Do some more research I say.

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