Wheel upgrade

[potsy]

Which is kind of obvious but it won't stop mamils from shelling out on the latest parts and/or bikes because they can. Mistakenly they think it makes them look cool but just highlights how ridiculous a gold-plated toad in a veruca sock looks.

How is your new carbon bike by the way?

 

[Cyclist33]

How is your new carbon bike by the way?

Um... Err...

 

[Milkfloat]

11 pages in, a lot of tosh written by many people and nobody mentions that a wheel upgrade could be achieved in other ways that weight - what about less friction from better hubs?

/runs and hides in a corner.

 

[Citius]

Or simply upgrade your existing wheels by getting them gold-plated?

 

[vickster]

I was enjoying that thread, is it over now?

There are other entertaining wheels threads! Fill yer boots

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Or simply upgrade your existing wheels by getting them gold-plated?

Good advice!

However - you might be better off having them Gold Flashed. They will look the same, but the coating will only be 0.175 microns thick instead of the 0.5 microns of Gold Plate.

This weight difference could really matter, as you know.

 

[ayceejay]

I didn't read everything, I had to put the bins out but right here at the end (?) Milkfloat suggests that there might be some other advantage than weight.
I just bought some light wheels and they flex, which points to bad building or bad material/design so I would suggest that these things are more important than weight in an upgrade.

 

[Citius]

Good advice!

However - you might be better off having them Gold Flashed. They will look the same, but the coating will only be 0.175 microns thick instead of the 0.5 microns of Gold Plate.

This weight difference could really matter, as you know.

Or just go for yellow zinc passivate - much cheaper..