Originally Posted by rutan74

OK. I came across this last night surfing you tube. You might be interested in looking at this because the author compares 650 dollar Chinese carbon wheels with 6500 carbon wheels. Not to say that it is the all to end all on the matter, but it appears that the Chinese wheels are closing the gap with the high price of a carbon wheel set. I'm probably to heavy for a set of carbon wheels but a riding friend of mine is seriously considering taking the plunge and at roughly 2-2,500, that is a lot of coin. Then as a pro friend of mine said, if you can't afford to replace it if it fails, don't buy it. That goes for anything and carbon wheels in particular.

https://youtu.be/OskNRNsZ8ZM

john