>>1437794THIS ANON GETS IT! Not only are rim brakes lighter and more efficient but they have to overbuild the front spokes now to cope with all the torque. Plus you get spoke stretch while braking and it leads to trueness issues.
As far as carbon fiber rims - do it! I've had several sets for years now. I'm 250 lbs and destroy alloy rims, and carbons seem to stay true no matter how I land on em.
