To Carbon Wheel or Not to Carbon Wheel
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Whos the best Krupps supplier?
contact?
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or PM me I've got his deets
Craig, we’re you able to get sorted there?
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Ha my bad, didn’t see the 959
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I've put 5k miles on mine in a year or so but mostly ride in the Smokys, Foothills or Blue Ridge Parkway. The pavement is extremely nice.
The Krupp family where quite the metallurgists and developed casting methods in the 1600s. They also produced the first single cast railroad wheels.
I am not a fan of magneseum on a moving part as it's longevity is not very good.
The Krupp family where quite the metallurgists and developed casting methods in the 1600s. They also produced the first single cast railroad wheels.
I am not a fan of magneseum on a moving part as it's longevity is not very good.
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I watch a lot of Jay Leno's YouTube channel. When they get to old Bugatti cars I really wonder about that. Magnesium was the carbon fiber of its day, but I think that day has came and went.
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No. He reached out (which is good), but no resolution yet.
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Is there a technical reason when the matte wheels are $325 more?
Yes, shiny carbon is feminine.
BST wheels, not going near them.
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Ducati tax? Probably that production is set up for finishing primarily in gloss and demand for matt is very small.
What I like about forged aluminium alloy is peace of mind, you get 90% of the performance stock for example without spending money or adding the risk factor that goes with high modulus materials. A practical example, about 2 years ago I was in a gas station waiting for a friend when he turned up oblivious his back wheel was on fire with burning brake fluid everywhere! After people came rushing over to help with fire extinguishers etc and got it out we worked out that there was a fault in system that had caused his brake to drag for about 10 miles. It didn't feel like much so he carried on knowing we were stopping soon and then have a look. The wheel was burning hot, particularly the hub with the disc almost glowing- I am sure that if it was carbon there would have been a wheel failure and it was high speed ride.
What I like about forged aluminium alloy is peace of mind, you get 90% of the performance stock for example without spending money or adding the risk factor that goes with high modulus materials. A practical example, about 2 years ago I was in a gas station waiting for a friend when he turned up oblivious his back wheel was on fire with burning brake fluid everywhere! After people came rushing over to help with fire extinguishers etc and got it out we worked out that there was a fault in system that had caused his brake to drag for about 10 miles. It didn't feel like much so he carried on knowing we were stopping soon and then have a look. The wheel was burning hot, particularly the hub with the disc almost glowing- I am sure that if it was carbon there would have been a wheel failure and it was high speed ride.
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