Originally Posted by Rides4Beer

I had nothing to compare them to before, since they were my first set of carbon wheels. But now I have a set of 88mm time trial wheels, with a standard basalt brake surface, and I can say that the braking is definitely better with the grooved track on the my LB wheels. I've had no problems at all with the LB wheels, even in heavy rain (not that I would plan for that, but I've gotten caught in the rain a few times and had no issues).