On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:32 PM, benzzoy <benz...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I also have significant reservations about the "heavy wheels" > comments. Anyone with a trainer can try this out: Rack each bike up > on the trainer, disengage the drag mechanism, and pedal. Put on some > load and then pedal again. See? The difference in wheel weight gets > overwhelmed into noise when an actual, realistic load is factored in. > > Not when you are climbing; the difference between a heavy wheel and a light one is amazing. Perhaps I notice the difference more because I ride fixed mostly and I have to stand to climb many hills. My two custom Rivs' light 559 or 571 (1550 gram for the commuter) wheelsets are amazingly different from even the modestly beefy Alex/IRC Tandem 30s 622 wheeset of the Motobecane fixed gear. And as for the 900+ gram (each) Big Apples and 780 gram (each) SnoCat S(uper) L(ight)s rims, I can tell you that climbing a 1/2 mile, steepish hill against a stiff wind is .....
OTOH, you do notice how heavy wheels maintain their speed better on flats (tho' the 65 mm actual BAs really, truly, do act as sails in the wind: sidewinds and headwinds). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
