weight of stock FD wheels?
05-02-04, 12:57 PM
#4
Super Snuggles
Originally posted by SpeedKing
Un-reinforced: 13.8 lbs.
Un-reinforced: 13.8 lbs.
05-03-04, 02:05 AM
#5
Originally posted by jimlab
That's the first time I've ever heard that the wheels with straight spokes were a couple pounds lighter than the ones with spokes that curve into the barrel of the wheels. Wonder where they hid that 2 pounds in the revised wheels?
That's the first time I've ever heard that the wheels with straight spokes were a couple pounds lighter than the ones with spokes that curve into the barrel of the wheels. Wonder where they hid that 2 pounds in the revised wheels?
05-03-04, 11:17 AM
#6
Super Snuggles
Originally posted by SpeedKing
That 1.5 - 1.6 lbs. of "heft" is in the spokes I'm sure.
That 1.5 - 1.6 lbs. of "heft" is in the spokes I'm sure.
05-03-04, 11:52 AM
#7
Lives on the Forum
Originally posted by jimlab
Every picture I've seen posted of the backside of the wheels prone to cracking looks like the wheel on the right, but the spokes meet the barrel of the wheel at a right angle instead of curving into it like the stronger wheels.
Every picture I've seen posted of the backside of the wheels prone to cracking looks like the wheel on the right, but the spokes meet the barrel of the wheel at a right angle instead of curving into it like the stronger wheels.
