most affordable disc wheel
02-25-08 | 12:56 PM
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02-25-08 | 01:02 PM
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WOW! One of the museums here in Riga has a stuffed monkey in a space suit; it's my absolute favorite museum piece in the whole country, including the National Art Gallery.
02-25-08 | 01:31 PM
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From: NYC!
Bikes: Jamis Sputnik (2007) & Bridgestone RB-2 (1994).
Bahaha. Best satirical front wheel ever.
I would only run a disk wheel for a TT (and even then I would reconsider if it was windy), or in some track events. Disk wheels make little sense on the street unless you happen to be consistently riding an area that has little to no stopping and little wind.
I would only run a disk wheel for a TT (and even then I would reconsider if it was windy), or in some track events. Disk wheels make little sense on the street unless you happen to be consistently riding an area that has little to no stopping and little wind.
02-25-08 | 01:39 PM
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02-25-08 | 04:04 PM
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Rear disc wheels aren't really that bad in cross winds. I've ridden one on a moderately windy day and barely noticed.
Front wheels, however, are a completely different story. Even a trispoke on a moderately windy day gets thrown around.
Front wheels, however, are a completely different story. Even a trispoke on a moderately windy day gets thrown around.
02-25-08 | 10:31 PM
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Disks in the wind? you can not even feel it.
I have ridden disks for most of the last year, and only once did I notice the wind, when I was resting my neck/back down a highway, sitting upright with no hands, and felt a brief wobble.
Yes front makes a big difference. Corima/Hed are both very prone to catching the wind. But if you are holding on, it will not knock you around....only a little when you relax your grip/cruising.
I was at an outdoor velodrome on Sunday, with a fair bit of wind, in the mountains of Kansai. I rode 2 bikes....mine had a normal low pro rear and front hed, and the other had a rear disk and corima 4 front.....didnt notice the wind much all day, just in my face! (and fingers!)...it was snowing!!
I have ridden disks for most of the last year, and only once did I notice the wind, when I was resting my neck/back down a highway, sitting upright with no hands, and felt a brief wobble.
Yes front makes a big difference. Corima/Hed are both very prone to catching the wind. But if you are holding on, it will not knock you around....only a little when you relax your grip/cruising.
I was at an outdoor velodrome on Sunday, with a fair bit of wind, in the mountains of Kansai. I rode 2 bikes....mine had a normal low pro rear and front hed, and the other had a rear disk and corima 4 front.....didnt notice the wind much all day, just in my face! (and fingers!)...it was snowing!!
02-25-08 | 10:55 PM
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If you pack along a previously used tubular as spare and you get a flat you can just remove the flat and put on the spare, of course this is only relevant in road/TT/triathlons when you are not skidding, but people do this in IRONMANs all the time and it is so much faster than changing a clincher.
02-26-08 | 01:10 PM
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If you pack along a previously used tubular as spare and you get a flat you can just remove the flat and put on the spare, of course this is only relevant in road/TT/triathlons when you are not skidding, but people do this in IRONMANs all the time and it is so much faster than changing a clincher.
A lot of it boils down to experience of course; I have fixed more clincher flats than tubulars, but that's not to say that it's always easier/faster.
