Aero Wheels vs more premium wheels
Gravel beginner with a rondo ruut al2 grx400. Want to buy a second wheelset to be able to make it a racebike/endurance race bike. Objektive is to be fast and keep up with my friends on expensive aero race bikes. I should be fine bc I have strong legs and am generally fitter than them but do want a wheelset to match the group. Carbon is too expensive right now.
1: Roval slx24 (24mm depth, 1500g light) dt350 hubs 32mm specialized roubaix including shimano discs and cassette 210 Euro
2: Fulcrum 400db (more aero 34mm) w gp5000 28mm tyres. Need to put on shimano discs and casette would total 190
What is the better wheelset for my use case?
I do love how deep rims look like but I dont want to make a choice based on looks. What is more important, the 1cm more aero depth which helps me sustain the higher speeds of the aero bike gang, or the more premium hubs and ride feel and probably faster acceleration of the slx24. Don’t have the opportunity to mix around the two options bc those are second hand buy prices, could probably look for 32mm tyres for the fulcrum though then it would be priced the same around 210 and id have 30/32mm Gp5000.
Best
Leon
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