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NotAsFast posted 18 weeks ago.
Not Spam. Been a member for a long time. As for a gimmick, the theory of motion etc makes it viable. Just trying to see if anyone else has used them.
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ChunkyB posted 18 weeks ago.
Oh, I knew it wasn't spam. I was trying to make a joke because you've been a member forever. Obviously it wasn't funny.
Anyways, I've never used them, but reading the stuff, it doesn't seem like they would make any difference. That's just my uneducated opinion though.
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NotAsFast posted 18 weeks ago.
LOL. CB Give you credit for the joke. Just changed my Icon, though to reflect my current status. I actually have been playing with weights on my rear wheel for a few years, but never thought to do it with springs. I definately feel a difference with the weights coming out of a downhill to the uphill, but after a short period the uphill gets heavier. On the flats I seem to have beter inertia though. However, it seems that the weights I have been using are a little too heavy. Never raced with them though.
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theShiba posted 18 weeks ago.
It's legal... but so is running with lead shoes. Doesn't mean you should do it.
When you really think about the physics of this... it's not a heavier wheel downhill than uphill... it's just a heavier wheel that has some extra potential energy down hill... it doesn't get LIGHTER. EVER. It gets "heavier" downhill, but not lighter uphill.
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TBRAVO posted 18 weeks ago.
Lennard Zinn talked about them awhile back in a Velonews article
http://www.velonews.com/article/71788
They may have some potential, but looks like it is too early to tell. If you see a bunch of TdF riders using them, then you will know that they are for real.
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Sully800 posted 18 weeks ago.
theShiba wrote:
It's legal... but so is running with lead shoes. Doesn't mean you should do it.When you really think about the physics of this... it's not a heavier wheel downhill than uphill... it's just a heavier wheel that has some extra potential energy down hill... it doesn't get LIGHTER. EVER. It gets "heavier" downhill, but not lighter uphill.
No, its not really LIGHTER and HEAVIER like they say on the front page of that site. It's a matter of where the weight is distributed. When the wheel is spinning fast, more weight goes to the outside and when the wheel slows down more weight is positioned in the center.
I can't say how well it works, but essentially the weight distribution will make your wheel function like a heavier one on a downhill than on the uphill.
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Socket posted 18 weeks ago.
From the bottom of their front page:
Quote:
Active-Spoke is up to 5seconds/mile dependant on course. Rolling courses
offer the greatest benefit.
For long course, it might have some benefit, but what is that in comparison to?
Has anyone used these, or know of anyone who has had any form of experience with them. The theory and concept look sound.....
USAT deemed them race legal as well......
www.active-spoke.com