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Old 05-01-21, 02:36 PM
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Disclaimer: All of the following may only have taken place in my head and is not based on anything scientific.

Purely anecdotal, but I didn’t like when I had lighter wheels, I’m not a heavy person so I definitely felt I had to work more to keep them going on flats, or on any road terrain in general. I felt like if I stopped pedaling the bike stopped. I did definitely notice they felt more touchy/responsive in a way that I actually didn’t like, which lines up with what whyfi said above. I understand I am the outlier here though lol. I feel more planted and comfortable with heavier wheels. I may just be crazy though. There’s also probably other variables I’m too dim to understand here. Long story short, I sold my lighter wheels.

All that said, the above qualities mean on a mtb lighter wheels make sense for me because I’m not rolling as much (inertia matters less) and I can appreciate the quickness and lighter feel more.
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