As Trevor mentions, depending on your use case, carbon may end up cheaper. Yes, higher initial capex, but opex is potentially lower.
I would typically go through a couple rear rims a year; between the cost of new rims, my time, etc... (and shop cost if you have shops rebuilding your wheels...) there's a point at which it makes financial sense.
That said, not everyone is eating wheels so.... YMMV.
March 17, 2021, 12:07 p.m. - Cooper Quinn
As Trevor mentions, depending on your use case, carbon may end up cheaper. Yes, higher initial capex, but opex is potentially lower. I would typically go through a couple rear rims a year; between the cost of new rims, my time, etc... (and shop cost if you have shops rebuilding your wheels...) there's a point at which it makes financial sense. That said, not everyone is eating wheels so.... YMMV.