Originally Posted by
oris
The primary advantage to carbon wheels is that you can get aero profiles and shapes that alloy cannot do without excess weight. Carbon wheels usually aren't much lighter than alloy anyways.
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.