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Originally Posted by Ch28
Are new wheels that big of an improvement?
I have a trek 2.1 so it came with bontrager garbage
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Well, I'd liken "improvement" depending on what a person wants. If you want a cushy ride, then perhaps having a light weight wheel with fewer spoke count and does not absorb road shock well could work against you.
If you want to pick up some speed and have a better 'feel' for the road while lightening up the bike, then yes. Mind you, tires play a huge role into the equation.
Riding on my stock wheels and tires was weird for me. It was so smooth and cushy, I was like, "uh wut? Where's the road?"
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Originally Posted by 604CEFIRO
I can't comment much on sram since I haven't ridden long enough to compare to shimano
But here's an interesting fact for u sram nut huggers 
Of the 18 pro teams in the peleton, only 3 use SRAM groupsets. 4 campy. The remaining 11 teams all use Shimano
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SRAM is usually up on the podium at the end anyway. Gotta give it to the underdog.
As for Campy - Good lord.
Edit - 604CEFIRO is right. Only 3 teams this year running SRAM. 2011 was a huge list of SRAM but slowly declining in 2012 and now 2013.
http://inrng.com/2013/01/2013-pro-team-bikes/ (The article is a good read and explains SRAM's decline in the peleton.)