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Old 07-21-2018, 08:16 AM   #226 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Location: Coastal Southern California
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
Team Honda
90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike
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My Insight aero rims are a pound lighter than the HX, but good luck finding a set.
Yes, I was interested in Gen 1 Insight rims for a while but could not find them. Then I saw how the tire selection on 14" rims had been declining on tirrack.com so I began seriously hunting for 12# 15" MINI seven hole rims. I liked the added gearing benefit but wish it did not have to come with the 9% added weight penalty. 15" Enkei RP-F1 are only 9.5 lb and 15" Kosei K4R are onky 10.7 lb but both much more expensive, especially if you have to buy tires still, and neither can be effectively modded for better aero. The MINIs are almost perfect.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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