Wheels for baby Luna, again: Bikefanclub.com

Hey y'all,

The Ksyrium elites are just heavier than I want...I can't bring myself to go for them yet. I'm now looking into the Velomax Ascent ii and the Am Classic sprint 350s (both come in the 650 c wheels, which is all I ride). Both come in that size. Does anyone have any input on what to think of either? Mr Fly the Bike is right; DT has no 650 c road rim. A pity. The LBS guy is looking also into what he could build for me on a DT 240s hub, maybe a Sun rim, he thinks.

During the season (when it's dry), the Hed Alps will live on the bike part of the time, like for flatter rides, and these new acquisitions for the hillier rides. I use these for racing flat races and for training flat routes. I plan to use the new ones, whatever they are, for hilly training and hilly races. So they will get more miles than a race-only wheel.

Does anyone have any insights to offer?

I think the tiebreaker for me will be which hub seems to be best able to handle lots of miles. I think it'd be harder for me to damage a wheel by going over a pothole or something, even if its a lighter wheel. Of course, in a crash, which I think is likelier than routine damage, all bets are off, whatever I buy..or so I am willing to assume.

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