I’m racing Vineman next weekend and looked at the course profile. Looks pretty flat and fair. Could anyone with some experience of the course recommend the best wheel choice.
Front - I have a Hed3 and a 58mm Zipp - both tubular. I was leaning toward the Hed, although the Zipp is about 200g lighter.
Rear - I have a Hed Alps tubular, although I may be able to borrow a disk or Hed3. How much would it help on this course.
Hed and Hed…
Any of the “weekday slowtwitchers” want to weigh in?
HEd disc rear and H3 front for me next weekend… like you said, fairly flat and fast.
Weeman
SatMark, I don’t know where you’re from so I’m unsure what you consider “flat and fair”. That being said, I’ve done Vineman a half dozen times or so each time on Zipp 404’s. Each time I’ve wished I had a disc on the back. The only “climb” per se is Chalk Hill at about the 43-45 mile mark and the rest of course, while not EagleMan flat, is what I would refer to as rolling. Rolling hills, to me, mean that they are hills that you can stay down in your aerobars in. Chalk Hill is (for me) a climb that I need to sit or stand up for depending on how the legs feel.
Miguel in the 'No…El Tribato