Originally Posted by
Iride01
I thought the real advantage to carbon wheels was their stiffness laterally. That lets one accelerate faster when putting the power into the bike. Though the gain is probably less notable for a not so strong in the legs rider as it is for someone very strong in the legs.
I'd hazard a guess that the increased lateral stiffness is a side-benefit that comes from deeper aero rim shape. IOW, carbon fiber wheels aren't made deeper to solve a stiffness issue, but to improve aerodynamics. If (does?) anyone made a 24mm deep CF box shaped rim, would it be any stiffer than a same sized alloy rim?