Originally Posted by
eduskator
I'd only ride and use climbing wheels if I was climbing literally 100% of a ride. A race where you need to get to the top of a mountain as fast as possible, for instance. As soon as you need to go down, the sailing effect outweighs the advantages IMO, and I'd get a ''balanced'' wheel (40mm or something).
Prove me wrong.
To be clear, sailing effect— meaning the wheel is producing negative drag, or thrust— is not only occurring downhill, it happens anytime the wind yaw angle is in the right range, including when traveling uphill. Also, aero wheels can be reducing drag (i.e. without going so far as to be in negative drag) all the time time, too, irrespective to the slope of the road. Aero gains apply everywhere and at, effectively, every riding speed.