- Is there a difference in the quality of the ride?
- Follow up question: if there is a real (not imaginary) difference in road feel, could this be due to bracing angles and such with the spokes leading to a difference in ride quality?
Anecdotally, having owned Enve 25's, Reynolds 32's and Reynolds 46's and ridden them side-by-side with Continental Sprinters on all (all were DT Swiss hubs, btw), with each pumped to my usual 95 psi, the second I hit broken pavement (or chip seal), the 32's and 25's are night and day more comfortable than the 46's. I'd like to chalk it up to my imagination as some would suggest, but personally, I'd love to ditch the lower profile rims in favor of the 46's since I don't like how the lower profile rims flex on hard out of saddle sprints, but every time I put the low profile rims back on, I go "oh ya, that's why I keep these."