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Hurry-save 1.65 pounds on your bike for only $5000
Yikes and some will buy these as well..
velonews.com and the new Lew wheels...add $1000 for ceramic races... lesseeee..'lightish rider at 170 pounds, 15 pound bike....1.65 pounds is...... ..8% of the total..I am sure it will make a difference. make your $6000 bike a $11000 bike. |
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Hurry-save 1.65 pounds on your bike for only $5000
On Mar 13, 6:15 am, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
wrote: Yikes and some will buy these as well.. velonews.com and the new Lew wheels...add $1000 for ceramic races... lesseeee..'lightish rider at 170 pounds, 15 pound bike....1.65 pounds is...... .8% of the total..I am sure it will make a difference. make your $6000 bike a $11000 bike. What halfway appealed to me was the $500 two night stay at the Red Rock Casino: http://www.redrocklasvegas.com/hotel...de_package.php You get to ride the bike (with the ridiculous wheels) for two days, $35 in food each day. $500 seemed like a lot at first but then I considered that I budget $300 for out of town brevets or double centuries ($120-180 for two nights at a hotel with tax, $50-90 for a nice dinner and breakfast for my wife and me, plus $40-80 for the ride itself plus gas to get there). I don't think I'll do it though. Tom |
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Hurry-save 1.65 pounds on your bike for only $5000
On Mar 13, 8:15 am, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
wrote: Yikes and some will buy these as well.. velonews.com and the new Lew wheels...add $1000 for ceramic races... lesseeee..'lightish rider at 170 pounds, 15 pound bike....1.65 pounds is...... .8% of the total..I am sure it will make a difference. make your $6000 bike a $11000 bike. Dood, spoke-face swirl generator lips. Can't argue with that. |
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Hurry-save 1.65 pounds on your bike for only $5000
ahhhh ezzz better than 40H no? let me ask a serious question: are the LEWS wheels dirt bike racing wheels? as, that's F1 and like the climb from the 8 speed mesa to the 9 speed mesa, if you're in front ya gottas have one but if in back its money down the hole. ? another: i was over at handmade bicycleshow.com. a. there's ,and off course how could it be avoided, a birdcage carbon tube special minus fairing: does it work? b. Gordon's prices for custom measured bikes have gone Hollywood. Are those prices real or is Gordon pulling our chain. Nice photography there Gordon! |
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Hurry-save 1.65 pounds on your bike for only $5000
On Mar 13, 9:15 am, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
wrote: Yikes and some will buy these as well.. velonews.com and the new Lew wheels...add $1000 for ceramic races... lesseeee..'lightish rider at 170 pounds, 15 pound bike....1.65 pounds is...... .8% of the total..I am sure it will make a difference. make your $6000 bike a $11000 bike. Wait, you get BOTH wheels for $5K/6K? /s |
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Hurry-save 1.65 pounds on your bike for only $5000
And Yawl get sole from http://www2.yoursole.com and a Campagnolo Record 10 Speed Rear Derailleur free with each purchase starts foaming a Bicycle Magazine article!! MY NEW RIDE! $35k where's fogel? a list a list. |
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Hurry-save 1.65 pounds on your bike for only $5000
On Mar 13, 6:15Â*am, "Qui si parla Campagnolo"
wrote: Yikes and some will buy these as well.. Crazy... but more people seem to be willing to pay that kind of money for the cutting edge stuff... the trick is working the marketing to convince enough people that yours is the best... I'm curious as to how they are made. Are the spokes tensioned? Seems like they'd need to be, but that would be a trick. Lightweights are similar but I'm ignorant about them as well. Surely the 4 spokes dedicated to "torque" in the back aren't, else they'd pull it out of wack. Some gems from the spec sheet: "The hub requires no adjustment or service for the life of the bearings". Is that a good thing? “3 Flange System - The two outer flanges create superior lateral stiffness while the center flange and Quad-drive™ spokes which are located in the same plane as the rim directly transfer power. Eliminates the need for off-center rim designs and uneven spoke-tension due to wheel dish." I suppose that means they have a "zero dish" design, ie narrow flanges on both sides. So much for the flanges creating superior lateral stiffness. If the spokes are very stiff though, maybe it is fine. But if they didn't make the front wheel flanges narrow too, I'm going to call BS. Flex from traditional non-linear load paths of traditional tensioned steel spokes is eliminated Definitely calling BS on that one. Can't think of any non-linear load paths on spokes... |
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Hurry-save 1.65 pounds on your bike for only $5000
"landotter" wrote:
On Mar 13, 8:15 am, "Qui si parla Campagnolo" wrote: Yikes and some will buy these as well.. velonews.com and the new Lew wheels...add $1000 for ceramic races... lesseeee..'lightish rider at 170 pounds, 15 pound bike....1.65 pounds is...... .8% of the total..I am sure it will make a difference. make your $6000 bike a $11000 bike. Dood, spoke-face swirl generator lips. Can't argue with that. Dang, I love it when you talk dirty.... Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $795 ti frame |
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Hurry-save 1.65 pounds on your bike for only $5000
"Qui si parla Campagnolo" wrote in message ps.com... Yikes and some will buy these as well.. velonews.com and the new Lew wheels...add $1000 for ceramic races... lesseeee..'lightish rider at 170 pounds, 15 pound bike....1.65 pounds is...... .8% of the total..I am sure it will make a difference. make your $6000 bike a $11000 bike. Uhm, I can go to the bathroom, and do a #2, and save that much weight for nothin'. |
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Hurry-save 1.65 pounds on your bike for only $5000
On 2007-03-14, Ron Ruff wrote:
On Mar 13, 6:15*am, "Qui si parla Campagnolo" wrote: Yikes and some will buy these as well.. Crazy... but more people seem to be willing to pay that kind of money for the cutting edge stuff... the trick is working the marketing to convince enough people that yours is the best... I'm curious as to how they are made. Are the spokes tensioned? Seems like they'd need to be, but that would be a trick. Maybe they sort of pull them up through the rim, glue them in place, and then snip them off. I also credit them with a new residual stress herring: "Each spoke is precisely inserted into the rim at the factory to create zero residual stress" Don't ask me what they're talking about. [...] Flex from traditional non-linear load paths of traditional tensioned steel spokes is eliminated Definitely calling BS on that one. Can't think of any non-linear load paths on spokes... I think they just mean they're straight pull. |
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