More money than sense?

[ColinJ]

Makes you pretty unusual amongst the males of the species unless you are extremely poor

You are talking about a man who spent 3 days semi-conscious with a pulse rate over 150 bpm, a swollen, throbbing red leg, barely able to breathe, contemplating whether he should send for a doctor ...

Yes - I'm a wee bit skint!

 

[Accy cyclist]

There's something about carbon wheels and spokes that worries me. I'm going to get told i don't know what i'm on about, that may be true, but the thought of hurtling down a hill at say 40mph on a material that gives no warning of breakage and just snaps or shatters if hit the wrong way means that even if i could afford those wheels i'd rather go for the most expensive alloy wheels and spokes.

 

[ColinJ]

There's something about carbon wheels and spokes that worries me. I'm going to get told i don't know what i'm on about, that may be true, but the thought of hurtling down a hill at say 40mph on a material that gives no warning of breakage and just snaps or shatters if hit the wrong way means that even if i could afford those wheels i'd rather go for the most expensive alloy wheels and spokes.

What about carbon forks!

 

[Accy cyclist]

What about carbon forks!

Yes i know, but the thought of a spoke made from a few millimeters in width piece of carbon, holding a wheel in place scares me! I'm not that happy about carbon forks either.My carbon forks snapped when i was hit by that car in April. Carbon just isn't as strong as aluminium no matter what they say. There are two things i always check before i go for a ride. One is making sure the wheel skewers are tight and locked in. The other is running my fingers over the forks, even sometimes inspecting them by torchlight to look for anything dodgy.

 

[slowmotion]

What about carbon forks!

I wish you hadn't said that! I'll have to put that on the stack of "To Worry About" things.

 

[slowmotion]

Just before the wardrobe monster.

No sleep for me tonight.....

 

[Profpointy]

Just before the wardrobe monster.

what you mean there could be a monster in my wardrobe ?

 

[raleighnut]

Yes i know, but the thought of a spoke made from a few millimeters in width piece of carbon, holding a wheel in place scares me! I'm not that happy about carbon forks either.My carbon forks snapped when i was hit by that car in April. Carbon just isn't as strong as aluminium no matter what they say. There are two things i always check before i go for a ride. One is making sure the wheel skewers are tight and locked in. The other is running my fingers over the forks, even sometimes inspecting them by torchlight to look for anything dodgy.

I don't trust Aluminium forks, give me good ol steel ones anyday (531 for preference)

 

[Accy cyclist]

I don't trust Aluminium forks, give me good ol steel ones anyday (531 for preference)

Would you trust carbon wheels and spokes though?

 

[ColinJ]

I don't trust Aluminium forks, give me good ol steel ones anyday (531 for preference)

I don't want to worry you, but .... YIKES!

 

[FrankCrank]

There's something about carbon wheels and spokes that worries me. I'm going to get told i don't know what i'm on about, that may be true, but the thought of hurtling down a hill at say 40mph on a material that gives no warning of breakage and just snaps or shatters if hit the wrong way means that even if i could afford those wheels i'd rather go for the most expensive alloy wheels and spokes.

.....I heard if you run over an ant they shatter, same goes for CF forks. CF frames dissolve when it rains.........it's true I tells ya........

 

[Accy cyclist]

.....I heard if you run over an ant they shatter, same goes for CF forks. CF frames dissolve when it rains.........it's true I tells ya........

I'm off to bed now. The thought of all those things happening could give me nightmares!

 

[FrankCrank]

...reckon you'll need one of these to go with those wheels.....
http://www.bikerumor.com/2015/11/30...s-floor-pump-into-the-ultimate-bottle-opener/

.....they cost 450 dollars. I personally wouldn't waste my money - waiting till they do one with a corkscrew.........

 

[screenman]

I wonder how these http://www.ubyk.co.uk/lightweight-meilenstein-obermayer-tubular-wheelset/14926 wheels would stand up to a pot holed journey everyday?

Quite well I imagine, but maybe commuting is not the idea behind them.

 

[raleighnut]

Would you trust carbon wheels and spokes though?

No