New Summer Wheels.....Tubs v Clinchers???

AORboyo
AORboyo Posts: 53
edited January 2013 in Road buying advice
New Year Greeting's,

Been thinking about new summer wheels.....I currently ride 'Shimano Dura Ace C24 Clinchers' in winter / summertime, absolutely love them, BUT like all folk after awhile you wanna go one step further & upgrade ( or like the missus states....Just wanna spend money) :0).

What do folk recommend 'Tubs or Clinchers' plus how about going full carbon???..... I will be using these only in summertime on my 'Trek Madone' on UK roads on a regular basis training plus the odd race.

I do fancy the Shimano upgrade to either Dura Ace C35's or 50's...or the Mavic's have had a number good comments during club runs.

Or the bottom line, should I just stick to what I got 'DURA ACE C24's'???

Recommendation's please folks???.....Many thanx.

Happy New Year!!!

Comments

  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    In terms of performance you'll have to go a long way to beat the C24s. I assume you've got top end tyres and light (latex?) inner tubes. A step up to very light aero sprints (-1200) and good tubes will probably give you a bit, but the Shimanos are already surprisingly aero and comfy. On the other hand, I've got C24s and also bought Mavic SLRs just cos they look nice ( despite being heavy, hard and not especially aero)!
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Race-only carbon wheels, yes to tubulars - general riding, stick to alloy rims & clinchers
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • ShutUpLegs
    ShutUpLegs Posts: 3,522
    I'd probably get a new bike before wheels....