Originally Posted by
jpitkin
Okay, I lost my wheel last weekend (
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=321935 )...
I've been thinking about what to replace the lost front wheel with... I'm not OCP by any stretch of the imagination. I ride a Lemond Sarthe (Steel is real, baby).
I'm just wondering if there's any reason to have a matched wheel set? or should I just buy a decent front wheel on the wonder web (and not buying from my LBS is killing me... but the price difference isn't justified).
I know you're all filled with opinions, so let 'em fly...
Unmatched wheels can cause quantum chromodynamic interference. If this interference reaches resonance your frame could fail as the wave functions collapse. This is prevented in matched wheel sets by quantum entanglement of the particles in each wheel during the manufacturing process. Be very, very careful with unmatched wheel sets. -
The Official OCP Handbook, p. 29