While I’m waiting for a pot of soup to simmer…
I’m also a skinny lightweight with grandma’s descending speed. I went through a phase of riding light wheels, because I’m a 12stone mincer, I shouldnt be able to break anything.
I thought it was great, and then I tried a pair of heavier wheels (from mavic 317, to mavic 519, slightly bigger tyres too), and more or less everything felt easier, smoother, calmer. Even (especially?) jumping was easier, so that rules out the effect of different tyres – there’s no grip in the air.
Light wheels are great, partly (mostly?) because they feel different, but ‘different’ doesn’t necessarily mean ‘better’… I can easily believe that wheels can be ‘too stiff’
Anyway, dinner’s ready…