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Old 06-23-2014, 08:16 PM   #1625
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Originally Posted by cracher View Post
^ Hey are you calling me fat???

Aftermarket car rims are a billion dollar industry. It's not always about weight/performance/MPG when rollin' on dubs.

^^Exactly what I was thinking. Haven't priced them out, I don't really think it matters in this case. I can't see carbon wheels costing more than a whole separate road bike (for which I have no room anyways).
Lol, you are in for a shock.

Wheelsets are the single priciest component in high end bikes. Even $5000 carbon road bikes usually use barely mid-range aluminum wheel sets.

A decent carbon wheel set sets you back around $3000

http://www.jensonusa.com/Mavic-Cosmi...-Wheelset-2014.

Hand built, custom tubular sets could hit $10k not so long ago, but with carbon prices coming down in recent years, you would probably max out around $5-6k for a top end set.
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