i actually made $ on that one.

Carbon fiber fails completely. I'm not sure of it's absorption ratio. I want to look that up now....

But in all fairness dutret, F1 uses composite tech for almost all of it's construction.


We're talking about pulling G's here. Much greater forces than riding a bicycle.

But I'm not sure how that works. I need to do some research on CF and lab tests.

I do know that once it fails, you throw it away. That's almost a no-brainer. If your wheel fails, the sure result would be a no brainer.

Then he definitely isn't a good friend.


In fairness to me? My guess is the absorption ration like all other characteristic is highly dependent on what cf it is.

basically:

heavy mofo + supposedly bomb proof + flexy + style points = aerospoke

light + repairable + practical = hand built wheels.

if you hit something hard enough to bend a rim beyond repair, buying a new rim and relacing it costs marginally less than buying a new aerospoke. aerospoke replacements are $150USD. a rim typically is like 90 or less USD plus the labour to lace it up (20 bucks?)...

most likely: aerospoke is going to be useless if you do a lot of stop and go (extra weight...harder to spin up) but if you're not stopping much, the weight will actually help you. and you get the bling factor...which is potentially bad if you lock up the bike and ****.

hand builts are tried and proven and has an element of customization. whatever floats your boats, dude. if you must have both, rock an aerospoke front and a hand built rear :D

no, no, no, i did not sell the broken one. i got a new one paid for by the lady that hit me's insurance company, plus a little extra $.

actually, if anything your aerospoke *not* crumpling would transfer *more* force into your fork and frame.
haven't you ever seen crash results where a frame has been pretzeled/torn to bits, but the front wheel escapes unharmed?

yeah i have thought about that. but that didn't happen in this case.
and it wasn't an aerospoke it was a hed tri spoke.

If he/she's planning on taking that cracked HED wheel to the track, please let us know who it is so we can look out for him/her. Fine to take chances on your own, but not with others.

By the way, I got in a head on collision some years ago (I was doing about 25 mph, cab made a sprinting no-signal left in front of me, no time to stop) My traditional 32-spoked front wheel was totally fine; not even out of true. My steel fork, on the other hand, was bent almost to the point that it was parallel with the downtube. And I couldn't repair it. It was, all around, a mythbusting experience.

I think you guys are all forgetting that Aerospokes are
some seriously hot looking wheels. What's riding fixed
about if not looking good?

zen

Sorry but what are aerospoke made of?

Carbon?

Thanks

they're made of some sort of composite. looks like a nylon/carbon composite to me (similar to most saddle bases)

Ride a mag?

Can anyone tell me a brand that produces trispokes except hed3?

Other than Specialized/Hed, there's Mavic, Corima, Spin.. basically nothing you can afford.

fir is another but i have only seen a few.

Anybody catch David Millar at the TDF time trial today?

these are a nightmare

Someone should mount skyway wheels to their tarck bike so I can laugh.

bar spinzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz lulz!@!@!

The only time I got enough force going to break an aerospoke I broke my face and frame as well.