| Title: | Bicycling |
| Notice: | Bicycling for Fun |
| Moderator: | JAMIN::WASSER |
| Created: | Mon Apr 14 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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WARNING: This is another one of those stupid wheel notes. Spare yourself the
pain and read no further unless your a wheel freak!
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This weekend was interesting. It started on Saturday with a crit on a
very rough surface. I brought out my tank wheels; GP4s,(36) 14 ga. spokes,
Campy high flange hubs (circa 1978) and "kevlar belted" -bullet proof sew-ups.
After 28 laps of riding hard, puking, covering breaks, sprinting, etc. I
flatted. Now you've got to understand, I have never been know as being too
logical, but after much thought I came to the conclusion that these wheels
were jinxed.
So I went home, took the wheels out to my back yard and let my golden
retriever relieve himself on each nipple. It helped me achieve a sense of
revenge.
On Sunday, I got up and looked outside and it was raining. Our next
rain in California was scheduled for November! I was positive that these
wheels had something to do with it. So I drank a cup of coffee and plotted my
next piece of revenge. The only thing I could come up with was capital
punishment. After some further thought, I decided I would amputate 50% of its
spokes and watch those jinxed wheels die a slow death (much like my slow death
in the crit).
Then something really wierd happened! The front wheel begin to look
like a Time Trial wheel. High flanged record hubs, 18 spokes (bladed or
oval), radially laced.....I COULD BE ON TO SOMETHING! On the rear I could go
2X or the free wheel side, radial on the other and lace it with 24 spokes
leaving every third hole open. I would probably use an aero clincher rim
with a high pressure tire.
These wheels would be used only on fairly flat courses and most of the
time I would only use the front wheel (disk on rear).
So has anyone actually done this? Can you use a normal 36 spoke rim
and simply not use every other hole? Any USCF regulations against this?
[EOB]
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| 1564.1 | "a feature, not a bug!" | SHALOT::ELLIS | John Lee Ellis - assembly required | Wed May 30 1990 15:34 | 6 |
If you do this, will the unused nipple-holes whistle?
Just asking...
-john
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| 1564.2 | I've seen it done. | CLYPPR::FISHER | Dictionary is not. | Wed May 30 1990 15:48 | 5 |
I have seen wheels laced by omitting holes. I would not like to do it
with offset holes because one side would be bending the spokes wrong
but what the heck.
ed
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| 1564.3 | Maybe an Aero Rim? | TPWEST::SHROYER | Wed May 30 1990 19:00 | 10 | |
<<< Note 1564.2 by CLYPPR::FISHER "Dictionary is not." >>>
-< I've seen it done. >-
>I have seen wheels laced by omitting holes. I would not like to do it
>with offset holes because one side would be bending the spokes wrong
>but what the heck.
>ed
That's a good point. I thought maybe an aero rim would remedy that problem?
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| 1564.4 | block the holes | QUICKR::FISHER | Dictionary is not. | Thu May 31 1990 07:53 | 8 |
Just check the rims to see if the spoke holes are offset, I guess. I
remeber one such rim had some stuff blocking the unlaced holes. Tape
or something. I wonder about the aero effectiveness there.
Most of us could spend forever doing wind tunnel tests or just riding
if only we didn't have to work to support our habits. :-)
ed
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| 1564.5 | Graeme Obree | JUMBLY::MACFADYEN | Don't read this | Thu May 31 1990 10:31 | 17 |
Re .0:
Interesting note for you to put in at this time, because a guy called
Graeme Obree has just set a new Scottish hour record of about 46km,
done in Meadowbank stadium, Edinburgh, and yes, he was using 36 hole
wheels laced with just 18 spokes. In the article I read (Cycling
Weekly) he was reported as saying they were as drag-free as discs yet
immune to side-winds.
Obree is known for an unconventional approach to equipment. On his
bikes he rotates the conventional drop handlebars 180� upwards, and
cycles with his upper body lying on the flats. This looks uncomfortable
yet seems effective, for he's one of the hottest time-triallers in the
UK at present.
Rod
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| 1564.6 | A loophole? | BCSE::KLASMAN | ALL-IN-1 DESKtop for PCs. dtn 381-0731 | Mon Jun 04 1990 13:28 | 10 |
re:
Obree is known for an unconventional approach to equipment. On his
bikes he rotates the conventional drop handlebars 180� upwards, and
cycles with his upper body lying on the flats. This looks uncomfortable
yet seems effective, for he's one of the hottest time-triallers in the
UK at present.
This sounds like a way around the ban on aero bars in British TT'ing :^)
Kevin
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