Trakhak

An anecdote I'm prone to dropping whenever the "but weight on the wheel!" discussions arise:

Back in my time-trialing days, I bought a pair of absurdly light and fragile Hi-E wheels, when they were probably the lightest wheels on the market. I used them for a few rides and then sold them, solely because I disliked that I could feel the lack of a flywheel effect. Riding on them felt like a series of pulsing micro-accelerations.

Writing that now, I suspect that my memory of the way the wheels rode might have become a bit overblown over the years. Still, I did sell them, and I rarely sell anything, as my cluttered basement demonstrates.

In any event, I went back to my reassuringly steady-state Campy/Mavic GP4 wheels.