Originally Posted by
base2
A) I was trolling the exceeding amount of math.
B) It was fun.
C) There really isn't much of a push in the cycling world for fly-wheel wheels. Which the claims: "weight does not matter" and "it's not really lost" suggest there would be room for considering the broad diversity & competative nature of the industry.
Clearly, some feel weight, wherever it is located, matters. Even if it goes to subjective things like "feel."
There was a guy on ST who actually made a custom super-heavy rear wheel a decade ago or so. He had a bunch of other "odd" ideas as well, including sticking a gallon jug from orange juice on his aerobars with a straw and whatever he was drinking. I think he even put water in his rear inner tube. He had a great bike split and DNFed the run and considered that vindication.