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Quoting Qui si parla Campagnolo :
App wrote: What would you recommend for "race" wheels for the 14+ stone rider? what is that weight? My calculator doesn't convert stone to lbs. One stone is 14 pounds. -- David Damerell flcl? Today is Chedday, May. |
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App wrote: Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote: what is that weight? My calculator doesn't convert stone to lbs. Sorry - 200+ lbs. Should've put that as a parenthetical. App Fusions front and rear, Revs in the front....14/15 rear, still in the 1600 gr range, for about $450-$500...just weighed a set of Rolf somethings, adverted as light weight, etc, $800 and .......1600 grams. |
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mmmmm. Ksyrriums. heavy wheels that are strong, but ride like crap.
Nothign like spending a fortune on wheels with icky hubs, ugly spokes, and feel about as good to ride as a 94 buick. Go find yourself a nice custom wheel builder, and have him or her hook you up. Heck if youa re brave enough to go tubular, rock on. Email me off list if you need some reccomendations. m |
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Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:
what is that weight? My calculator doesn't convert stone to lbs. 1 ton = 20 cwt. 1 cwt = 8 stone. 1 stone = 14lbs. 1lb = 16 ozs. 1 oz = 16 drams. And by a weird fluke, 1 ton is almost exactly the same as one metric tonne. |
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Zog The Undeniable wrote:
1 ton = 20 cwt. 1 cwt = 8 stone. 1 stone = 14lbs. 1lb = 16 ozs. 1 oz = 16 drams. And by a weird fluke, 1 ton is almost exactly the same as one metric tonne. The "ton" you mention is the long ton, a weird measurement if ever there was one. It's also funny to me that a "hundredweight" is not equal to a hundred of anything. The ton used in the USA (short ton - 2000 lbs) is only about 90 percent of a tonne. It can be divided by two, four, five, eight, and ten without recourse to an abacus or a bundle of knotted strings. Did you know an acre equals one furlong by four rods? The sheer arbitrariness of English traditional measurements leads me to believe that the Brits of yore all had random numbers of fingers. Chalo Colina |
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Getting off the Mavic Ksyrium Bandwagon
Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote: Whaddya recommend? DA or Record/Chorus/Centaur hubset. Velocity Aeroheads(OC rear), 14/15 spokes, Revs in the front....1550 grams or so, $500 or so...off the shelf stuff, better hubs than all the 'package' wheels, more reliable, cheaper, etc. Why not 15/16? Saves rather a bit of weight, more stretch under tension.o |
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Getting off the Mavic Ksyrium Bandwagon
On 19 May 2005 07:18:28 -0700, "App" wrote:
Peter commented: DA or Record/Chorus/Centaur hubset. Velocity Aeroheads(OC rear), 14/15 spokes, Revs in the front....1550 grams or so, $500 or so...off the shelf stuff, better hubs than all the 'package' wheels, more reliable, cheaper, etc. What would you recommend for "race" wheels for the 14+ stone rider? App I weigh 200 lbs. and have had great luck with similar wheels that Peter recommends. I use thinner spokes on the Non drive side and front wheel. Sometimes only a 28 hole front. For my rugged wheels I use 32 spokes butted 14/15 front and rear. I think that you'll do fine with Peter's wheels. |
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Getting off the Mavic Ksyrium Bandwagon
On 2 Jun 2005 22:00:32 -0700, "41" wrote:
Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote: DA or Record/Chorus/Centaur hubset. Velocity Aeroheads(OC rear), 14/15 spokes, Revs in the front....1550 grams or so, $500 or so...off the shelf stuff, better hubs than all the 'package' wheels, more reliable, cheaper, etc. Why not 15/16? Saves rather a bit of weight, more stretch under tension.o How do hubs deal with having spoke heads of 13, 14, or 15 gauge slapped in without requiring different drillings? Is it just not such a big problem for the hub drillings to be oversized? Jasper |
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Getting off the Mavic Ksyrium Bandwagon
Jasper Janssen wrote:
On 2 Jun 2005 22:00:32 -0700, "41" wrote: Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote: DA or Record/Chorus/Centaur hubset. Velocity Aeroheads(OC rear), 14/15 spokes, Revs in the front....1550 grams or so, $500 or so...off the shelf stuff, better hubs than all the 'package' wheels, more reliable, cheaper, etc. Why not 15/16? Saves rather a bit of weight, more stretch under tension.o How do hubs deal with having spoke heads of 13, 14, or 15 gauge slapped in without requiring different drillings? Is it just not such a big problem for the hub drillings to be oversized? No matter what size the drilling is, it's going to have to be bigger than the body of the spoke to pass the threads and the elbow. That means that all sizes of spokes will contact only at the very top of the drilled hole initially, and then "seat" as the elbow pulls into the flange material under tension. Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $795 ti frame |
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