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07-11-03, 01:26 PM
While cleaning up my ride for this weekends 150m tour, I noticed that when I spun the wheels they seemed to quickly come to a stop.
I pulled each from the bike to clean up and spun them by hand and found there to be more friction than I had anticipated.
They aren't the best - Ritchey Comp 28H front and back. They have a rubber boot to keep dirt from getting into the bearings, but those too seem to drag on the performance.
What should I expect from these wheels and what do you all expect your "better" wheels to do. I would hope that a good spin would set these things in motion for a good long time???
Also my back wheel is quite a bit heaver than the front. Now I know there's more there, but this seems to be too heavy. Any thoughts. The cassette is a Shimano CS-HG50-9, 9-speed, 12/23.
Thanks for the info.
R
I pulled each from the bike to clean up and spun them by hand and found there to be more friction than I had anticipated.
They aren't the best - Ritchey Comp 28H front and back. They have a rubber boot to keep dirt from getting into the bearings, but those too seem to drag on the performance.
What should I expect from these wheels and what do you all expect your "better" wheels to do. I would hope that a good spin would set these things in motion for a good long time???
Also my back wheel is quite a bit heaver than the front. Now I know there's more there, but this seems to be too heavy. Any thoughts. The cassette is a Shimano CS-HG50-9, 9-speed, 12/23.
Thanks for the info.
R