Froome and Sky experimented with 22 mm tubulars (so actual width 22 mm) on road bikes last year (they still routinely use 22 mm tubulars in time trials).
Sky uses Shimano wheels; wasn’t Shimano also reluctant to go wide? I’m not well informed about high-end wheels.
But if Mavic and Shimano, both traditionally engineering-led companies, are slow to adopt a trend, that may be for sound reasons.
I think pro teams are almost as susceptible to market trends as the guy on the street, for two reasons: they’re sponsored so need to use their sponsor’s latest kit, and their component buyers operate in the same sphere of discussion and new developments as we do.
Regardless, the trend to wider wheels is a good thing for most cyclists, but chiefly because it results in wider tyres.
Sounds like you had a good summer of cycling. Do you have a preferred power meter?
… engrossed in such factional acts as dreaming different dreams.
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