Aerospokes on the road?
12-06-06 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by hyperRevue
No, it's a different trispoke, spray-painted white.
12-06-06 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gnatthew
There's about 20 kids in the M.A.S.H. crew and I can name at least 2 that ride Aerospokes.
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12-06-06 | 02:43 PM
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That's Andy, and that's a Spin painted white. One I sold him actually.
Spins, if you can find them, are my second favorite "street" mag. They're not quite as heavy as Aerospokes and not quite as sturdy, but can take a beating (and I've known people to put them through hell). Spin stopped producing wheels a few years back (out of business?) but you can still spot them on ebay once in a while - usually for cheap.
Spins, if you can find them, are my second favorite "street" mag. They're not quite as heavy as Aerospokes and not quite as sturdy, but can take a beating (and I've known people to put them through hell). Spin stopped producing wheels a few years back (out of business?) but you can still spot them on ebay once in a while - usually for cheap.
12-06-06 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by DoshKel
Sorry about the size.
That's who I was talking about.
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12-06-06 | 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by queerpunk
i agree that some lines get repeated over and over, but weight, where you ride, and how you ride do really come in to play. my commute last year had some unavoidable, ****ty pavement. it was like riding concrete moguls. some people have a tendency to go up and down curbs a lot, and some people do it more gracefully than others do. some people talk about "beating their wheels up on the streets," and it gets kind of annoying, but some people really do beat up their wheels on the streets.
that said, i weight 140, ride hard, and my iro/aerohead wheel has sustained multiple beatings and is still tensioned and true as the day i got it, eighteen months ago. so i kind of feel that a well-built, smartly-built wheel is what people need.
that said, i weight 140, ride hard, and my iro/aerohead wheel has sustained multiple beatings and is still tensioned and true as the day i got it, eighteen months ago. so i kind of feel that a well-built, smartly-built wheel is what people need.
12-06-06 | 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by vomitron
is that if you ride hard, you need a good wheelbuilder, not some 2-ton anchor masquerading as a wheel. Rock aerospokes because you live in a flat city, or because you want a mag wheel without spending a lot of dough. But telling yourself you're somehow so abusive with wheels that you need special composites is just wishful thinking.
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12-06-06 | 03:40 PM
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I think that it would be best to diagnose why you are breaking wheels before you drop the money on a aerospoke wheel. There is a good chance that all you will end up with is a pricey broken wheel to add to the graveyard unless you figure out the problem. If you just think it is cool, by all means buy it though.
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12-06-06 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by hyperRevue
Thanks, man. You missed one hell of a race/party this past weekend.
I think practically speaking, the lack of truing ability makes them kind of stupid for street use. Now I ride one on occasion, but I got a ridiculous deal ($100 for a set), so if it ever goes out of true, no big loss.
I'm a fan of Deep Vs.
I think practically speaking, the lack of truing ability makes them kind of stupid for street use. Now I ride one on occasion, but I got a ridiculous deal ($100 for a set), so if it ever goes out of true, no big loss.
I'm a fan of Deep Vs.
i have a rear deep v and a race select front rim. it works. there's a guy in the shop that rides an aerospoke front. he said he got it when he was racing 5 years ago or something. they're incredibly sexy.
i've seen this riding around in the mission. not aerospoke, hella. it's b1tchin'.
12-06-06 | 05:17 PM
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Rock aerospokes because you live in a flat city, or because you want a mag wheel without spending a lot of dough.
12-06-06 | 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by queerpunk
that said, i weight 140, ride hard, and my iro/aerohead wheel has sustained multiple beatings and is still tensioned and true as the day i got it, eighteen months ago. so i kind of feel that a well-built, smartly-built wheel is what people need.
Originally Posted by dijos
I ride kind of hard on brick streets, off of sidewalks, and I weigh like 80 pounds more than you. I ride big wheels, though.
I rock Iro/Fusion and weigh about 120 pounds more than you. I get snakebite flats on 28mm Conti Gatorskins inflated to 100+psi. I repeatedly break the loc-tite on my chainring bolts. I taco mountain bike rims, then fill them with tasty meat and eat them. (OK, maybe not the meat part.)
Lord, I wish I weighed a lot closer to 140. I get wistful thinking how easy climbing would be...
12-06-06 | 07:15 PM
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i bought a set of 20" mag wheels for my bmx bike a few years ago. i paid $20 for the set... they were yellow plastic. i'm real surprised they didn't fail on me.
12-06-06 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by dookski
i missed a race here too because i was working. glad to hear it was awesome.
i have a rear deep v and a race select front rim. it works. there's a guy in the shop that rides an aerospoke front. he said he got it when he was racing 5 years ago or something. they're incredibly sexy.
i've seen this riding around in the mission. not aerospoke, hella. it's b1tchin'.
i have a rear deep v and a race select front rim. it works. there's a guy in the shop that rides an aerospoke front. he said he got it when he was racing 5 years ago or something. they're incredibly sexy.
i've seen this riding around in the mission. not aerospoke, hella. it's b1tchin'.
12-06-06 | 08:06 PM
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I want a front aero wheel hella bad now...
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12-06-06 | 09:32 PM
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But, yeah...lay off the crack, dude. Look at what happened to Whitney Houston.
But, yeah...lay off the crack, dude. Look at what happened to Whitney Houston.
12-06-06 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by number18
isn't that a HED that's been modified to reference the band hella?
Hed 3's are ridiculous aero in a headwind but catch a bit too much sidewind for my tastes. Also, the carbon's always felt too lightweight to me, and the cracked 3 pic isn't surprising to me.
As an addendum, I agree with earlier sentiments about proper strong wheelbuilds and all. Carbon isn't the answer to everything, much as you ebayin' fools wish it was.