Stupidest Bike Accessory Ever?? (you be the judge ...)

[sgtiger]

The ridiculous lengths some people go to save a little weight amazes me. Carbon spokes, srly?!!

[IvonaDestroi]

I <3 Lugged Steel.

[Zen]

gotta get the t-shirt

[Cataboo]

hrm. I'd say carbon spokes are pretty stupid... but I still ride on a set of old spinergy rev-x's that can collapse catastrophically. I just pretend it's okay because I'm not that heavy and I don't warp/twist them like heavier riders did - and I don't ride with groups of people where someone's pedals gonna get caught in my wheel.

However, they're not really light wheels - they've very fast, but the main benefit to me is that they really do just absolutely soak up road vibration. I can go down chip seal on them and not feel a thing. Very nice on my wrists.

[Becky]

IIRC, R-Sys wheels use tubular carbon spokes, rather than solid bladed ones, and compression rather than tension to hold the wheel's shape. Neither of which helps their durability.....

Then again, I'm not fast enough to ever benefit from carbon wheels or spokes, so it's sort of a moot point from my perspective.

[aicabsolut]

IIRC, R-Sys wheels use tubular carbon spokes, rather than solid bladed ones, and compression rather than tension to hold the wheel's shape. Neither of which helps their durability.....

This is the key. There are plenty of great wheels that use (not tubular) carbon spokes under tension. Works fine. I think the wagon wheel construction idea is a good one, but in practice, if you have one spoke fail, you have total wheel failure.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

So creepy!!!

[Zen]

I don't ride with groups of people where someone's pedals gonna get caught in my wheel.

But a stick might.

You go ahead, I'll catch up

[Cataboo]

But a stick might.

You go ahead, I'll catch up

*rolleyes*

Did I tell you about the time I drove to ocean city during a thunderstorm and a stick went through the air scoops of my subaru and stabbed & took out my radiator?

Sticks have it in for me.