Originally Posted by
Psimet2001
+1
The way you make a wheel aerodynamic is by eliminating all of the spokes. Short of that you limit them to the fewest that you can. Radial is more aero than 2x, etc.
It's all a balance. Weight, aero, stiffness. Pick two...eh
Will continue...
Oh, that old pick two thing again. I guess, because it is true. But really, isn't that an oversimplification that applies only to the ideologue. You know, gotta have the lightest, gotta have the cheapest... For more reasonable folks isn't there a lot of compromise that makes sense. In fact isn't that what you do for people, find the way to get all three, just not all three to an extreme degree? I like to believe that I can have it light, cheap, stiff and strong, just not lightest, cheapest, stiffest and strongest. The special combination that works for the customer is what custom wheels are all about, no?
Robert