Active-Spoke
02-18-08, 05:57 PM
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Active-Spoke
Has anyone tried this new product called Active Spoke? If you have not heard of them yet, they are small weights that go onto your spokes. As you increase in speed, the weights move to the rim and increase the mass and centrifugal force. I am curious if they work. Their website is www.active-spoke.com, if anyone wants to investigate.
02-18-08, 05:59 PM
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I think these are illegal because they're classified as a device that stores energy, but I may by wrong.
Yeah I just looked at the link. Pretty sure this would be an energy storing device (springs) and illegal.
Yeah I just looked at the link. Pretty sure this would be an energy storing device (springs) and illegal.
02-18-08, 06:11 PM
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This is one of those things that looks good on paper, but in actual use is less than spectacular. I would pass on them and do hill repeats instead.
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02-18-08, 07:14 PM
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Too bad they just came out. They would have looked awesome of Greg Lemond's bike 
