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Old 07-21-16, 09:32 AM
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calamarichris
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Bikes: '09 Felt F55, '84 Masi Cran Criterium, (2)'86 Schwinn Pelotons, '86 Look Equippe Hinault, '09 Globe Live 3 (dogtaxi), '94 Greg Lemond, '99 GT Pulse Kinesis

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Lovely Moser, but 32-spoke wheels simply aren't as speedy as these modern wheels. I built up a set myself (white Velocity rims on Dura Ace 7900 hubs below), and even plunked down for 64 CX-Ray bladed $poke$. They're indeed speedier than my 32- (round) spoke wheels, but nowhere near as fast as the Dura Ace C24s (black rims on other bike below.)



I built up two of the same bike, (one a 63cm, the other a 61cm) and the smaller Schwinn with the Dura Ace wheels just floats at 24+mph, but the 32-spokers I built take noticeably more work to hold at speed. I was spent at the end of the Cool Breeze double-metric on these 32 spoke wheels, and I wasn't able to hold a 20mph avg.



And thanks Lenton, but you should see some of the old guys down here in the San Diego area who are retired and can dedicate their time to riding & training. I'm 47, but there are guys in their 60's who beat me like a rented mule.

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