Originally Posted by
furiousferret
Good, its not just me. The 160 lb thicc boys on my group rides are looking at me like I'm crazy.
I think anything can happen in the mountains. When I lived in NorCal, we had a time trial that went over a climb through a wind farm. My wife and I would go to these events with several wheel choices and then wonder what to run. Any rider can be hit by a gust and blown off the road or lose control during a descent. My wife, at 108 pounds, can ride most anything but including the trispoke / disc combo in pretty windy conditions but mountain descents or through a wind farm - noooooooooo!
She rides 30 mm on her road bike and 45mm on her TT bike for training. If it is really windy in a TT, I put the 30 mm on her TT bike. I can ride the disc trispoke in windy conditions but sometimes I let up on the power during a gust and if I do that, I am better off with a standard wheel on the front. The incremental gains from wheels are important but not at the expense of power or safety.