I know front discs are not allowed per USAT rules, what about making some kind of a “tri” spoke out of the disc cover material while leaving three spaces for spoke gaps. Anyone tried this? post pics
Well, a couple of reasons. The first is that the no-front-disc is a safety rule. A strong cross wind could easily take you out. Minor slots in the front don’t really get you around that issue. Second, there are already tri-spokes out there that are well designed. Cutting big holes in a disc is problematic, prone to causing delaminations, and takes a lot of torsional stiffness out of the wheel. That’s not to mention that the sharp edges left behind are probably as aero as a cement block. Save your money, and possibly your face, sell the disc, and buy a used HED3C.
America is all about learning the hard way - I don’t doubt it is better to get a ‘professionally’ done trispoke- but wondering if anyone tried. - haven’t conceptually got the blades down so they aren’t nonaero - just poking
I hear you. I understand, really I do. But the ref has discretion in this area. If another racers says “Hey…that’s not quite…” you might be DQ’d. I’m that way myself sometimes. I play well within the rules. I’m not a fan of the “you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t trying” mantra. There’s no honor in that path.
I’m not trying to break the rules - which is why I don’t draft (its funny to see people right up on the rear and when they see the refs back off) just wondered if any body tried this adaption - and if it was legal. Buying a pre-made one is the way to go, but then again I don’t always make sense with my decisions.
I always thought a deep section wheel cover- say that turns your box rim into a 90mm deep elliptical wheel- would be kick ass. Don’t know how you’d do it right, but it would be cool.
I think it would be a lot more practical to try and build a fairing to resemble a deep rim. Thinking of the J-Disk front wheels from the 90’s.
I know front discs are not allowed per USAT rules, what about making some kind of a “tri” spoke out of the disc cover material while leaving three spaces for spoke gaps. Anyone tried this? post pics\
This is exactly the reason why we need more restrict bike inspections!
America is all about learning the hard way - I don’t doubt it is better to get a ‘professionally’ done trispoke- but wondering if anyone tried. - haven’t conceptually got the blades down so they aren’t nonaero - just poking
amazing - quote of the month.
anyway, i think HED actually had a wheel like that once - like a ‘deep-section trispoke’ or something. they submitted it for consideration at kona and got shot down. maybe i’m misremembering this?
lastly: you can thank me later:
-mike
I always thought a deep section wheel cover- say that turns your box rim into a 90mm deep elliptical wheel- would be kick ass. Don’t know how you’d do it right, but it would be cool.
each spoke of a trispoke is an airfoil itself and i imagine that is a pretty important property
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that’s just a theory
i say try it. nothing could possibly go wrong
-mike
I always thought a deep section wheel cover- say that turns your box rim into a 90mm deep elliptical wheel- would be kick ass. Don’t know how you’d do it right, but it would be cool.
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...um.cgi?post=1858532;
no shit, that’s awesome. if someone could figure out a decent, simple way to make rim fairings a la the wheelbuilder covers they could wipe out a good portion of the high end wheel market (fuck yeah).