IS THERE SUCH A THING AS MAGIC WHEELS

RIDING WITH LOVE WATTS ON THE ROAD, I'm reminded of how important wheels are.  He purchased my supersnazzy, ceramic bearing carbon wheels because I just...

... had to have the latest and greatest.

Off with the rim brake wheels,
on to disc brakes on the fancyshmancy bike.

ENVE 5.6's

I'm glad he got my old wheels vs one of my direct competitors because...

... he rolls away from me any time it's too steep to pedal downhill.

It's annoying.

It bugs me.

I constantly question myself...

... What the heck was I thinking?

And, it gets worse.

The weekly roadride reminder is leaking over into all my wheelsets.

Are they magic?

Or

S-L-O-W?

How to tell?

The lowtech, yet reliable way, is to coast downhill on an windless day and determine which set of wheels is faster.

• Same tire
• Same air pressure

Then, we can go play with

• Tires
• Widths
• Pressures

And, add additional fine tuning via

• Helmet
• Apparel
• Waterbottles
• Cable routing
• Body position

Oh, boy...

... so much fun to be had!

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By the way, we're just about ready to launch these: