scofflaw wrote:
JoeO wrote:
One thing you might do -- particularly for those on a budget -- is separate front and rear wheel. As I understand it, a front aero wheel gives you a much bigger improvement than a rear.
Can you elaborate? & then why are front wheels generally lower profile than rear/disc wheels? And then why not a deeper front wheel? Not trying to argue, just to understand. Thx.
There were complete disc front wheels for road use and still are somewhat on the track indoors.
The issue is handling. If you've ridden a rim deeper than 90mm in a decent wind, you're spending plenty of effort/attention controlling the bike. With the recent design changes away from straight "V" rims (i.e. Zipp Firecrest), you can reduce the effect of side wind issues and at a less deep rim. Zipp claims the latest 808 is faster than the 1080 was.