Found my personal best all rounder to be 38mm

Don't ride in the wind or rain - 90mm rim brake front and rear on the Venge 😍

"Light Bicycle" brand 56mm deep carbon rim brake tubeless clinchers. Fully customized rim drillings ( front 18 spoke radial laced, rear 27 spoke 2:1 triplet lacing) . Built myself with RS400 (Tiagra) Shimano 36 hole hubs which are super cheap to buy and maintain. Amazing wheels for my 90kg body weight (criterium sprinter, don't care about wind at all)

I had 454 front and 858 rear, love it

No problem zipp 858 on the back 454 up front - paid for by working in Uae where that is the stock make the rear the sail with the winds out there - back on Pennines it still applies for me

Ill just stick with mid section for climbing all day :)

I'm gonna test 65mm ENVE wheels, and if I don't like how it handles in the cross winds, I'll get a set of mid-section wheels as an alternate pair. It's normally only windy in D.C. during the fall and winter anyway, so we'll see how it goes.

Crosswinds only affect the front wheel steering. So a deeper rear wheel is ok?

Yaay, Rupert's back!

Tried most variations and a set of 45mm is as good as anything

That’s how some enve wheels are as well. 3.4 and 4.5 I like that

As mentioned in the video, studies suggested that the biggest aero gains are unlocked when moving from a box section wheel to an aero profile, even if the profile is shallow. Going from a shallow or mid aero profile to a deeper profile only brings residual gains on top of that. Also, most of the aero advantage are verified on the front wheels, with the air being already quite dirty when it reaches the back wheel due to the front wheel, frame and the spinning legs. Based on those 2 facts, I really suspect the gains of running a deeper rear wheel must be pretty marginal (if measurable at all). There is even an argument to run a deeper wheel in the front (when aerodynamics are more affected) and a shallower rear wheel, when aero is less important. Overall, I think that there is little advantage on running different depths front and rear. If you ride mostly in the flats and in good weather, go for a deeper section. If you ride in a windier and hillier region, stick with a low or medium depth wheel and you will be compromising very little.

I have a pair of 50 mm deep wheels on my bike, , I actually find that some of the deepest section wheels , don’t look nice to me. Also whilst they are effected by cross winds, but not as much I assume than wheels with a deeper rim depth.

I have some 135mm deep on my unicycle. When I'm going past the fan in my living room it feels like Mary poppins is welcoming me into her handbag

What do they come wiz?

I run zipp 808 on the back and zipp 404 on the front. Have done for years

Bought hunt 3650 rims for this reason.

My true madone has 62mm great unless the wind is above 30mph. Even then I can hsndle it but I way 110 kg. Deep front shallow rear would be faster on hilly routes without winds? I descend at uptown 60mph and have no issues.

how wide are the tires?

I think it looks kinda goofy to have a significantly shallower wheel in the front than the rear

i don't race, so i don't need aero wheels .. shallow wheels work best for me, they're light and good for climbing and sidewinds.

Is there really a difference between 42mm and a 50mm? The cost difference for the cadex is almost over two grand.

The reason is speed. The first 3 I cjes are physically close to the tire which moves through the frame at the speed of the bicycle. The deeper levels are going half your traveling speed, so there is less drag, and, the area close to the frame is spaced out better and is off the ground and farther down from your body.

I have some 60 mm CADEN wheels And I feel like I'm tram lining all the time

I had standard 23 now 50s wow climbing on air decending whoosh free wheeling speed puck up is blinding

Everyone knows about doing deeper on the rear bc of less drama in crosswinds but I went the other way. The Roval CLC 50s are easy to use in crosswinds so there’s no reason to not use it on the front. The front wheel is much more important in terms of drag so I went with 32s in the rear to save weight.

Other side there is deep section between 60 and 85? Me with 88

Can you actually buy a pair of wheels which have different depths?

more gym, less KGs on the body, less worrying about endless bike analysis

Why would a smaller wheel on a rear MTB be faster?

LOL you heard it here first guys, hookless rims is for aerodynamics and not for increased profits. Never realised the internal profile of a rim affects external airflow…

Cadex from giant brand its pawls wheels...i hope new model have ratchet

First, mid depth for climbing.

Hook less are a scam; its just another money grab for the bike industry.

Weight is irrelevant as various studies have shown. Go as deep as your climate slows you to go without getting blown off like a kite.

It's ugly ... Everyone knows the main purpose of the deep section wheel is the bling! .... So il skip this.

wizzout

Cadex 42's are the best all around rim depth but...their discontinuing them..🫤🤨🤔