Soul Wheels & weight vrs aero

milese

I've just heard about these wheels from the weight weenies forum.

http://www.bikesoul.com/2009/index.php? ... &Itemid=36

They seem to be very popular over there, and look to be great light wheels for the price. We're talking 1330g wheels delivered to the UK for about £320.

I did a search on here and found nothing, so does anyone have any? Any reviews?

Next question, using a bike for Sportives and trying out time trials and crits, would I benefit more from a 60g saving (per pair) on the rims, or a 6mm deeper more aero dish? IE the S2.0 SL or the S3.0 SL (1330g and 25mm rim, or 1390g and 31mm).

I've fallen in love with the white rims.



On here:

sungod

if you'll be doing a lot of braking/accelarating or climbing steeper hills the usual advice is go for lighter rims - it takes less energy to spin them up back up to speed and there's less weight to carry up the hill - but if you'll be going fast and steady most of the time, aero

60g difference is not much, i'd just go for the deeper rims

milese

Thanks for the reply.

I understand the benefit of light, but am not really sure of the benefit of an extra 6mm of rim.

But I think you are right, 60g isn't a lot, and big rims look cool!