fixed gear back rim covers?
10-24-10 | 09:19 AM
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couple questions...
i want a full back rim and searched around and found these:
https://www.wheelbuilder.com/store/ae...rs.html?&cat=0
bad part, they are not compatible with track/fixed gear back wheels. currently im running 40mm deep v's front and back and just want to get a cover for my back rim. i believe ive seen do-it-yourself covers but would rather have a legitamate cover.
on top of that, which has been answered, i had a couple other questions.
what are brakes like these called, what company, buy from where:
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...26tbs%3Disch:1
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...26tbs%3Disch:1
versus
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...26tbs%3Disch:1
sorry for huge links. the first two is what i want, the second is what i have and dont like.
https://www.wheelbuilder.com/store/ae...rs.html?&cat=0
bad part, they are not compatible with track/fixed gear back wheels. currently im running 40mm deep v's front and back and just want to get a cover for my back rim. i believe ive seen do-it-yourself covers but would rather have a legitamate cover.
on top of that, which has been answered, i had a couple other questions.
what are brakes like these called, what company, buy from where:
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...26tbs%3Disch:1
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...26tbs%3Disch:1
versus
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...26tbs%3Disch:1
sorry for huge links. the first two is what i want, the second is what i have and dont like.
Last edited by DrakeHawton; 10-24-10 at 11:41 AM.
10-24-10 | 10:23 AM
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10-24-10 | 10:41 AM
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i want a full back rim and searched around and found these:
https://www.wheelbuilder.com/store/ae...rs.html?&cat=0
bad part, they are not compatible with track/fixed gear back wheels. currently im running 40mm deep v's front and back and just want to get a cover for my back rim. i believe ive seen do-it-yourself covers but would rather have a legitamate cover.
https://www.wheelbuilder.com/store/ae...rs.html?&cat=0
bad part, they are not compatible with track/fixed gear back wheels. currently im running 40mm deep v's front and back and just want to get a cover for my back rim. i believe ive seen do-it-yourself covers but would rather have a legitamate cover.
Nobody makes a FG disc cover. Out of the question.
So you need to go custom or do it yourself. Its going to be expensive unless you use cardboard, aluminum foil, paper, or some other ghetto **** that wont help anything. The only legitimate reason for NEEDING one of these is for a bike used for playing polo. Aero gains would be unnoticeable, and unless its a real disc wheel there will be no stiffness gains.
Make your own or buy the real thing, that being a true disc ranging from 500-1000 dollars.
10-24-10 | 11:04 AM
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Okay so you know that those aren't compatible with fixed gear wheels. Out of the question.
Nobody makes a FG disc cover. Out of the question.
So you need to go custom or do it yourself. Its going to be expensive unless you use cardboard, aluminum foil, paper, or some other ghetto **** that wont help anything. The only legitimate reason for NEEDING one of these is for a bike used for playing polo. Aero gains would be unnoticeable, and unless its a real disc wheel there will be no stiffness gains.
Make your own or buy the real thing, that being a true disc ranging from 500-1000 dollars.
Nobody makes a FG disc cover. Out of the question.
So you need to go custom or do it yourself. Its going to be expensive unless you use cardboard, aluminum foil, paper, or some other ghetto **** that wont help anything. The only legitimate reason for NEEDING one of these is for a bike used for playing polo. Aero gains would be unnoticeable, and unless its a real disc wheel there will be no stiffness gains.
Make your own or buy the real thing, that being a true disc ranging from 500-1000 dollars.
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10-24-10 | 11:19 AM
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those look like fun in a stiff crosswind.
10-24-10 | 01:18 PM
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10-24-10 | 05:23 PM
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Okay so you know that those aren't compatible with fixed gear wheels. Out of the question.
Nobody makes a FG disc cover. Out of the question.
So you need to go custom or do it yourself. Its going to be expensive unless you use cardboard, aluminum foil, paper, or some other ghetto **** that wont help anything. The only legitimate reason for NEEDING one of these is for a bike used for playing polo. Aero gains would be unnoticeable, and unless its a real disc wheel there will be no stiffness gains.
Make your own or buy the real thing, that being a true disc ranging from 500-1000 dollars.
Nobody makes a FG disc cover. Out of the question.
So you need to go custom or do it yourself. Its going to be expensive unless you use cardboard, aluminum foil, paper, or some other ghetto **** that wont help anything. The only legitimate reason for NEEDING one of these is for a bike used for playing polo. Aero gains would be unnoticeable, and unless its a real disc wheel there will be no stiffness gains.
Make your own or buy the real thing, that being a true disc ranging from 500-1000 dollars.
10-24-10 | 05:25 PM
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10-24-10 | 07:11 PM
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https://www.recumbents.com/mars/pages...discs-new.html
It's lighter and just as aero as the "legitimate" rip off covers (and way lighter than coroplast). The only reason the pros don't do it this way is because regulations require that the disc actually be structural and not an add-on to an otherwise good wheel. The amateurs only want rock hard covers to imitate the pros (and cause it's easier to mount than lighter, glue-on covers).
10-24-10 | 07:43 PM
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10-24-10 | 09:55 PM
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Someone had their personal best time in a TT with their home made disks.
15k out and back, no wind, 20 degrees Celsius, on a standard road bike with aerobars and a set-forward seatpost.
I did it in 20:55, about 43 km/h, or 26.5 mph. My average heart rate for the effort was 178, or about 90%. My previous best 15k was a mere 22:01.
I used disc covers in the front and back made from thick, corrugated plastic election signs that were put on my lawn last fall. I attached them onto my wheels with zip ties- total cost ~ $10.
And yes, I AM masochistic. That front disc was a b!tch to handle. But now I LAUGH at people who spent thousands on their Zipp 999's. But that doesn't mean I don't want them... I think I'll get tired of rolling around with "Richard Majkot, Conservative Party" on my bike pretty quickly.
EDIT: pics!
I did it in 20:55, about 43 km/h, or 26.5 mph. My average heart rate for the effort was 178, or about 90%. My previous best 15k was a mere 22:01.
I used disc covers in the front and back made from thick, corrugated plastic election signs that were put on my lawn last fall. I attached them onto my wheels with zip ties- total cost ~ $10.
And yes, I AM masochistic. That front disc was a b!tch to handle. But now I LAUGH at people who spent thousands on their Zipp 999's. But that doesn't mean I don't want them... I think I'll get tired of rolling around with "Richard Majkot, Conservative Party" on my bike pretty quickly.
EDIT: pics!
