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Originally Posted by Christ
Do those have tires on them?
I saw somewhere... (might have been a joke) latex compound bike tires... very low weight rating, but they were supposedly LRR tires for bikes..
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I think they do, since they're tubulars. Lightweight is good for climbing, but you get better momentum for flat course and downhill with a slightly heavier wheel, as long as the weight is at the rim and not the hub.
Saw a gimicky looking thing a while back that was basically weights on springs you attach to the wheels. At low speeds, the mass is near the hub for better acceleration. At higher speeds, the mass is closer to the rims for better momentum. Interesting concept and apparently, on the right course, can increase average speed.
But back to carbon fiber: carbon fiber failing is pretty high on the FAIL scale, far more so then the metal alloys.