The wind doesn't care if your rims are carbon.
A few wheel makers, like HED and the relatively new Swiss Side, are betting that some riders will appreciate aero-fairing alloy clincher wheels, accepting a little weight and foregoing a full-carbon construction while keeping more of their money. While the fairing concept isn't new, the HED Jet 6 Black and Swiss Side Hadron 625 are relatively new entrants into the category, each with their own distinctive claims.
The new $2,100 / £1,600 HED Jet 6 Black has a machined and anodized brake track for improved performance (70 percent better in the wet than standard alloy, HED claims) and a faux carbon clincher look. The Hadron 625 boasts an aero design done by former Formula 1 engineers and excellent pricing, thanks to its consumer-direct model: €958 ($1,088 / £704) for the set.
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For comparison, the full carbon Zipp 404 of similar rim depth retails for $2,100 / £1,680 with a claimed weight of 1,690g. (Zipp recently dropped its prices significantly.) An ENVE SES 6.7 set goes for $3,475 (£2,250) at a claimed weight of 1,544g. Both these claimed weights are without skewers.
The HED Jet 6 Black uses a machined and anodized brake track, with a carbon fairing over the alloy rim
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