I will race the Green Mountain Stage Race time trial this Friday. It is about a 3 mile uphill and then 3 miles of rolling terrain up on top of a plateau. The question is what wheels are best suited for this.
The climbing is not super steep but it is small ring climbing, at least for me. The plateau riding is quite fast and definitely big ring and sometimes crazy fast spin out the 11 fast, at least in a few sections that are slightly downhill.
So, I could ride just Zipp 404s but in the past I've raced with a disc and a 1080 on the front. Obviously, there is a bit of a weight penalty going up but on the fast flattish stuff the faster wheels would really roll.
So, what do you think?
The climbing is not super steep but it is small ring climbing, at least for me. The plateau riding is quite fast and definitely big ring and sometimes crazy fast spin out the 11 fast, at least in a few sections that are slightly downhill.
So, I could ride just Zipp 404s but in the past I've raced with a disc and a 1080 on the front. Obviously, there is a bit of a weight penalty going up but on the fast flattish stuff the faster wheels would really roll.
So, what do you think?