Banned, banned, banned! Not yet at least.


Anyway, thanks for the long and detailed response Rob. I bought the wheelset from a lighter rider. The Kinlins are awesome and in fairness I guess the wheels aren't super low spoke count. I don't recall off hand but think they have at least 24 rear spokes. The spokes are definitely flexing under power but it takes over 1000 watts to flex them and I am not able to sustain that power for more than short bursts. Heck, if I was able to average over 300w for a reasonable distance, I would have gladly bragged about it with lots of false modesty. My goal is to average 200w and I'm not even achieving that modest level these days.


My PT wheels are for training and are primarily used on a stationary trainer these days. They work fine but the flexing did concern me at first. They've stayed true over a few thousand miles so I'm not complaining. Someday I'll own a pair of Psimet wheels with appropriate spoke count and spoke type.


Cheers


FB