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I saw a Trek bike with some pretty neat rims.
They had far fewer spokes than most bikes. Are they stronger and stretch less? Can you buy just the rim for another brand of mountain bike.(the front rim) Thanks. |
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On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 7:16:29 PM UTC-7, Andy wrote:
I saw a Trek bike with some pretty neat rims. They had far fewer spokes than most bikes. Are they stronger and stretch less? Can you buy just the rim for another brand of mountain bike.(the front rim) Thanks. Yes you can but you have to buy the correct hubs and spokes. It is generally easier to buy the entire wheel from Trek. |
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On Friday, June 5, 2020 at 6:27:19 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 7:16:29 PM UTC-7, Andy wrote: I saw a Trek bike with some pretty neat rims. They had far fewer spokes than most bikes. Are they stronger and stretch less? Can you buy just the rim for another brand of mountain bike.(the front rim) Thanks. Yes you can but you have to buy the correct hubs and spokes. It is generally easier to buy the entire wheel from Trek. Thanks. I found this. Andy Rims are designed, built and drilled for a specific number of spokes. The engineering that goes into the rim thickness, profile, and use case depends in part on the number of spokes. I've seen a pair of 96 spoke wheels (which was build for a lowrider and was mostly for show) I've owned a 48 spoke rear wheel on a touring/racing tandem- two 90+ kilogram riders need extra load support I ride a 36 spoke rear on my road bike, because I value reliability. On the other end, lower spoke count wheels exist but they tend to be built on special spokes. 16 spoke front wheels are common on road-racing bikes. Spinergy wheels had 8 carbon "flats" functioning as spokes. Some fancy wheels have 4, 3, or even 2 spokes, but they're a lot more complex than the conventional metal wire spokes we're used to. There are disk wheels made out of one piece of carbon fibre (this is not wheels with covers over normal spokes) These might be construed as one single spoke, as wide as the wheel is around. But that's getting extreme and expensive. Why? The lighter your bike, the faster it is. Removing spokes saves weight (but the remaining spokes have more work to do, sometimes requiring to be thicker negating weight savings.) The fewer spokes on your wheels, the less disturbed the airflow gets as you ride. 32 spokes would cut the air twice as often as a 16 spoke front wheel. Thinner spokes disturb the air less, and bladed/aerofoil shaped spokes are even better than round ones. |
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On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 5:22:25 AM UTC-7, Andy wrote:
On Friday, June 5, 2020 at 6:27:19 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 7:16:29 PM UTC-7, Andy wrote: I saw a Trek bike with some pretty neat rims. They had far fewer spokes than most bikes. Are they stronger and stretch less? Can you buy just the rim for another brand of mountain bike.(the front rim) Thanks. Yes you can but you have to buy the correct hubs and spokes. It is generally easier to buy the entire wheel from Trek. Thanks. I found this. Andy Rims are designed, built and drilled for a specific number of spokes. The engineering that goes into the rim thickness, profile, and use case depends in part on the number of spokes. I've seen a pair of 96 spoke wheels (which was build for a lowrider and was mostly for show) I've owned a 48 spoke rear wheel on a touring/racing tandem- two 90+ kilogram riders need extra load support I ride a 36 spoke rear on my road bike, because I value reliability. On the other end, lower spoke count wheels exist but they tend to be built on special spokes. 16 spoke front wheels are common on road-racing bikes. Spinergy wheels had 8 carbon "flats" functioning as spokes. Some fancy wheels have 4, 3, or even 2 spokes, but they're a lot more complex than the conventional metal wire spokes we're used to. There are disk wheels made out of one piece of carbon fibre (this is not wheels with covers over normal spokes) These might be construed as one single spoke, as wide as the wheel is around. But that's getting extreme and expensive. Why? The lighter your bike, the faster it is. Removing spokes saves weight (but the remaining spokes have more work to do, sometimes requiring to be thicker negating weight savings.) The fewer spokes on your wheels, the less disturbed the airflow gets as you ride. 32 spokes would cut the air twice as often as a 16 spoke front wheel. Thinner spokes disturb the air less, and bladed/aerofoil shaped spokes are even better than round ones. In general the problems with aerodynamics of wheels are minor and indetectable unless you're a professional TT rider. |
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On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 9:50:04 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 5:22:25 AM UTC-7, Andy wrote: On Friday, June 5, 2020 at 6:27:19 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 7:16:29 PM UTC-7, Andy wrote: I saw a Trek bike with some pretty neat rims. They had far fewer spokes than most bikes. Are they stronger and stretch less? Can you buy just the rim for another brand of mountain bike.(the front rim) Thanks. Yes you can but you have to buy the correct hubs and spokes. It is generally easier to buy the entire wheel from Trek. Thanks. I found this. Andy Rims are designed, built and drilled for a specific number of spokes. The engineering that goes into the rim thickness, profile, and use case depends in part on the number of spokes. I've seen a pair of 96 spoke wheels (which was build for a lowrider and was mostly for show) I've owned a 48 spoke rear wheel on a touring/racing tandem- two 90+ kilogram riders need extra load support I ride a 36 spoke rear on my road bike, because I value reliability. On the other end, lower spoke count wheels exist but they tend to be built on special spokes. 16 spoke front wheels are common on road-racing bikes. Spinergy wheels had 8 carbon "flats" functioning as spokes. Some fancy wheels have 4, 3, or even 2 spokes, but they're a lot more complex than the conventional metal wire spokes we're used to. There are disk wheels made out of one piece of carbon fibre (this is not wheels with covers over normal spokes) These might be construed as one single spoke, as wide as the wheel is around. But that's getting extreme and expensive. Why? The lighter your bike, the faster it is. Removing spokes saves weight (but the remaining spokes have more work to do, sometimes requiring to be thicker negating weight savings.) The fewer spokes on your wheels, the less disturbed the airflow gets as you ride. 32 spokes would cut the air twice as often as a 16 spoke front wheel. Thinner spokes disturb the air less, and bladed/aerofoil shaped spokes are even better than round ones. In general the problems with aerodynamics of wheels are minor and indetectable unless you're a professional TT rider. What is TT? Andy |
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On 6/6/2020 8:22 AM, Andy wrote:
I've seen a pair of 96 spoke wheels (which was build for a lowrider and was mostly for show) I've owned a 48 spoke rear wheel on a touring/racing tandem- two 90+ kilogram riders need extra load support I ride a 36 spoke rear on my road bike, because I value reliability. Same here. Our tandem rear wheel has 48 rear spokes and has been super-reliable. (Well, except for going out of true after a pothole on one five-day tour. I couldn't understand why riding was so hard. Turns out the brake was scraping back under the panniers where we couldn't hear it.) Interestingly, that tandem broke front spokes twice, both times doing slow turns in parking lots. That's 36 spokes. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 11:37:31 AM UTC-5, Andy wrote:
What is TT? Andy "Tourist Trophy" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_o...%20the%20world.) |
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On 6/6/2020 11:37 AM, Andy wrote:
On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 9:50:04 AM UTC-5, wrote: On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 5:22:25 AM UTC-7, Andy wrote: On Friday, June 5, 2020 at 6:27:19 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 7:16:29 PM UTC-7, Andy wrote: I saw a Trek bike with some pretty neat rims. They had far fewer spokes than most bikes. Are they stronger and stretch less? Can you buy just the rim for another brand of mountain bike.(the front rim) Thanks. Yes you can but you have to buy the correct hubs and spokes. It is generally easier to buy the entire wheel from Trek. Thanks. I found this. Andy Rims are designed, built and drilled for a specific number of spokes. The engineering that goes into the rim thickness, profile, and use case depends in part on the number of spokes. I've seen a pair of 96 spoke wheels (which was build for a lowrider and was mostly for show) I've owned a 48 spoke rear wheel on a touring/racing tandem- two 90+ kilogram riders need extra load support I ride a 36 spoke rear on my road bike, because I value reliability. On the other end, lower spoke count wheels exist but they tend to be built on special spokes. 16 spoke front wheels are common on road-racing bikes. Spinergy wheels had 8 carbon "flats" functioning as spokes. Some fancy wheels have 4, 3, or even 2 spokes, but they're a lot more complex than the conventional metal wire spokes we're used to. There are disk wheels made out of one piece of carbon fibre (this is not wheels with covers over normal spokes) These might be construed as one single spoke, as wide as the wheel is around. But that's getting extreme and expensive. Why? The lighter your bike, the faster it is. Removing spokes saves weight (but the remaining spokes have more work to do, sometimes requiring to be thicker negating weight savings.) The fewer spokes on your wheels, the less disturbed the airflow gets as you ride. 32 spokes would cut the air twice as often as a 16 spoke front wheel. Thinner spokes disturb the air less, and bladed/aerofoil shaped spokes are even better than round ones. In general the problems with aerodynamics of wheels are minor and indetectable unless you're a professional TT rider. What is TT? Andy Time Trial. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 09:37:29 -0700 (PDT), Andy
wrote: On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 9:50:04 AM UTC-5, wrote: On Saturday, June 6, 2020 at 5:22:25 AM UTC-7, Andy wrote: On Friday, June 5, 2020 at 6:27:19 PM UTC-5, wrote: On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 7:16:29 PM UTC-7, Andy wrote: I saw a Trek bike with some pretty neat rims. They had far fewer spokes than most bikes. Are they stronger and stretch less? Can you buy just the rim for another brand of mountain bike.(the front rim) Thanks. Yes you can but you have to buy the correct hubs and spokes. It is generally easier to buy the entire wheel from Trek. Thanks. I found this. Andy Rims are designed, built and drilled for a specific number of spokes. The engineering that goes into the rim thickness, profile, and use case depends in part on the number of spokes. I've seen a pair of 96 spoke wheels (which was build for a lowrider and was mostly for show) I've owned a 48 spoke rear wheel on a touring/racing tandem- two 90+ kilogram riders need extra load support I ride a 36 spoke rear on my road bike, because I value reliability. On the other end, lower spoke count wheels exist but they tend to be built on special spokes. 16 spoke front wheels are common on road-racing bikes. Spinergy wheels had 8 carbon "flats" functioning as spokes. Some fancy wheels have 4, 3, or even 2 spokes, but they're a lot more complex than the conventional metal wire spokes we're used to. There are disk wheels made out of one piece of carbon fibre (this is not wheels with covers over normal spokes) These might be construed as one single spoke, as wide as the wheel is around. But that's getting extreme and expensive. Why? The lighter your bike, the faster it is. Removing spokes saves weight (but the remaining spokes have more work to do, sometimes requiring to be thicker negating weight savings.) The fewer spokes on your wheels, the less disturbed the airflow gets as you ride. 32 spokes would cut the air twice as often as a 16 spoke front wheel. Thinner spokes disturb the air less, and bladed/aerofoil shaped spokes are even better than round ones. In general the problems with aerodynamics of wheels are minor and indetectable unless you're a professional TT rider. What is TT? Andy If you are British it probably means Tourist Trophy - the motorcycle races held on the Isle of Man each year since 1907. -- cheers, John B. |
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John B. wrote: .... What is TT? Andy If you are British it probably means Tourist Trophy - the motorcycle races held on the Isle of Man each year since 1907. If you're a British cyclist, you'd probably think it meant "Time Trial", a flourishing alternative or complement to Cycling Road Racing. See: http://www.ctt.org.uk/ Currently all events have been cancelled until at least the end of this month due to the Coronavirus outbreak. -- Dennis Davis |
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