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

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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:

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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.

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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: