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Old 05-18-10, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by lhbernhardt
The assertion that low-spoke-count wheels give a harsher ride is complete nonsense! Amount of air in the tires or the size of the tire will have far greater effect on "harshness" than number of spokes. I'm sure they've never done double-blind experiments to see if anyone could detect a difference between wheels, and I'd certainly be surprised if anyone were able to differentiate between wheels of different spoke count without seeing what they were riding on.

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That's good to know. I've been looking at wheels for a couple of weeks now and I like the sounds of the Rol's wheels. That's probably the way I'll go anyhow. I thought I knew a lot of the wheels being made, but I probably just scratched the surface.
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