Subject: RE: Wheel upgrades Significant increase in speed? Depends on your definition of significant. I have an aero wheelset, a training wheelset and a climbing wheelset. I don't think the aero set offers a significant increase in speed, but over all offers "some" increase. I personally haven't measured the differences. I've read tons of literature on this topic and from what I've heard there are several other cheaper improvements you can make that make a bigger difference in speed increases, for example an aero helmet. Comparitavely aero wheels make less of a speed improvement as other things, like bike position, fitness level, close-fitting jersey, helmet etc. But if you have the $$$$ to spend why not buy a set of race wheels. There's worse things to spend money on. For specifics in speed increases I'd visit the HED web site. They've studied aero benefits for many years.
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