Originally Posted by
redlude97
This. any of the HED JET 6/Zipp 404/DA C50 will get you most of the benefit of deep wheels and the braking performance of aluminum wheels and are dirt cheap relative to a new disc bike and other fancy carbon clinchers. Here in the PNW you see a lot less full carbon rim clinchers and still lots of people running the hybrids or disc carbon since you can get caught in the rain 80% of the days regardless of the forecast it seems
Yes, it's the middle path between doing nothing and doing something that is sort of extreme financially. Of course, I also wouldn't have to buy such an expensive bike, but the truth is that the Felt is so great, even after all these years, that I wouldn't be enthusiastic about a new rig unless it were something very exciting. And who among us doesn't want a super bike?
I got a quote from an LBS today for the Jet 6 pluses with a Powertap G3 hub. $1700. So I'll think on it a bit. I don't know if I can justify to myself a whole new bike, and so I'll probably get different wheels for the Felt. But n+1 is such a nice thing to contemplate and those Canyons are so damned tempting.