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Batech Soft Wheels
Any experience with this type of “internal suspension” wheel?
https://batec-mobility.com/en/produc...heel-ow-wheels |
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Batech Soft Wheels
On Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 2:43:46 PM UTC-4, Robert Cooper wrote:
Any experience with this type of “internal suspension” wheel? https://batec-mobility.com/en/produc...heel-ow-wheels No experience here. But I remember reading the biography of Major Taylor written by Ritchie. After Taylor's retirement from racing, he tried several different business ventures. One was marketing a somewhat similar sprung wheel for cars. It went nowhere, and he died broke. Extra weight, slack in pivoting joints, probably no reduction in unsprung weight, etc. I'll be very surprised if it's an improvement. But I tend to be skeptical of whiz-bang bike inventions. - Frank Krygowski |
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Batech Soft Wheels
On 10/19/2019 4:07 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Saturday, October 19, 2019 at 2:43:46 PM UTC-4, Robert Cooper wrote: Any experience with this type of “internal suspension” wheel? https://batec-mobility.com/en/produc...heel-ow-wheels No experience here. But I remember reading the biography of Major Taylor written by Ritchie. After Taylor's retirement from racing, he tried several different business ventures. One was marketing a somewhat similar sprung wheel for cars. It went nowhere, and he died broke. Extra weight, slack in pivoting joints, probably no reduction in unsprung weight, etc. I'll be very surprised if it's an improvement. But I tend to be skeptical of whiz-bang bike inventions. - Frank Krygowski Indeed. Tensioned spoke bicycle wheels are among the most formidable strength/weight things humans make. I remember when a Montgomery Young[1] front race wheel was tested by some English industrial association to something like 1/2 tons static load[2] without deformation which garnered a lot of cycle industry press fawning[3]. [1] A man legendary for many skills at Condor, London [2] Your average putz can break any wheel with normal impact, which is a different test. [3] Outside of cyclists, no one cares about bicycles or bicycle wheels. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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