Bike wheel with fabric strips instead of wires?
A couple of days ago I saw a bike parked on Kinzie Street that appeared to have some kind of fabric/kevlar strips in the wheels in place of the usual wires. The bike looked expensive and store-bought, not any kind of homemade or DIY thing. I've never seen anything like it before and Google isn't turning anything up -- does anyone know what I saw?
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Permalink Reply by J.A.W. 15.08 km on -
Could it be something like this:
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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on -
They have these things that work like zipties as a temporary solution to replace a broken spoke. So I don't doubt that someone has made a whole wheel out of something similar. Could save a few ounces? Who knows? High tech bike stuff is cool. Maybe someday it will become common.
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Permalink Reply by envane (69 furlongs) on -
Spokes. They're called spokes.
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Permalink Reply by Duppie 13.5185km on -
What did they do to the fiber to make it mad?
Just Will said:Could it be something like this:
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Permalink Reply by Aaron Wilson on -
That could be it, Will, but I thought I saw some kind of hook or attachment between the rim and the strip. Definitely not fiberfix, the "strips" were at least 1/2" wide.
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Permalink Reply by Peenworm Grubologist on -
Bumped it against the grain
Duppie said:What did they do to the fiber to make it mad?
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Permalink Reply by James BlackHeron on
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I can give partial credit for "wires." Spokes, after all, are initially made out of wires...
envane x said:Spokes. They're called spokes.
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Permalink Reply by Aaron Wilson on
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Sorry, I misspoke.
envane x said:Spokes. They're called spokes.
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Permalink Reply by Julie Hochstadter on -
So besides a spoke vs. wire debate, anyone seen anything like it?
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Permalink Reply by Michael B on -
Michael A rides Madfiber on his Colnago. He took the decals off though.
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