Wide Rim Weight Reduction Experiment.

Wide Rim Weight Reduction Experiment. For Acceleration Improvement. by Brian Miller, citizen scientist.   CONCLUSION: Worthwhile. For the environment of paved city street riding, improved deceleration, acceleration, and steering speed are rather beneficial; lighter rim is better.   ABSTRACT: An unusually wide bicycle rim is needed for a high performance urban bicycle project. To improve [more…]

 
Swapping a Rim to Improve Bicycle Performance

The rim of a bicycle wheel can be exchanged for a new one. This can be done for maintenance, to replace a worn rim, or a rim can be replaced with a wider, narrower, or lighter rim to improve bicycle performance.   The accepted literature on the subject of wheels, by Brandt, explains in detail [more…]

 
Make Your Own Baddass Urban Bicycle with these wheels

Turn your Pretty Good mountain bike into a Baddass street machine. Get this wheelset:   Convert your MTB, with rim brakes and 26″ wheels, to a high performance urban cycling machine. Ride faster than cars.tm Wheels weigh 1850grams, 1120r 730f = damn light Wheelset includes tires, tubes, wheels, and anti-theft skewers.   Complete wheels, just [more…]

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