700C wheel disc covers?

Sir Ridesalot said:

Hi there.

Back in the 1980s you could buy nylon wheel covers to put on your
wheels to make them appear to be disc wheels. Are these still
available any where?

http://www.excelsports.com/new.asp?page=8&description=Wheel+Cover&vendorCode=CHAERO&major=1&minor=24
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Bill said:

Sir Ridesalot said:

Hi there.

Back in the 1980s you could buy nylon wheel covers to put on your
wheels to make them appear to be disc wheels. Are these still
available any where?

I have a pair of old Pawsh Carbon Fibre Performance Disc Wheel covers
but am thinking of the clip on nylon fabric covers I saw back then.

The Pawsh covers I have do not lay right on modern wheels. I think
they work with 5 speed or single speeds though. I did have them on my
1980s 10 or 12 speed.

Thanks from Peter

I feel silly replying to this but you could have to take the wheel off
to even begin to get a cover (bicycle hubcap?) on, and you would have to
bolt the 2 pieces in several places. Is it worth it? The first good
cross wind might either blow you over or into the lane of a car.
Wouldn't you rather just get on and ride?
Bill Baka

He may well prefer that, but they're worth a few seconds in TT events.

Rest assured that putting them on isn't that big a deal, and normal
people don't put 'em on the front wheel, which minimizes the wind-blast
issues.

I could elaborate about the UCI rules that ban covers, thus forcing most
TTists to use (permitted) carbon discs, where the carbon "cover" is the
load-bearing element (there's no spokes underneath), but I won't.

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Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Bill said:

Sir Ridesalot said:

Hi there.

Back in the 1980s you could buy nylon wheel covers to put on your
wheels to make them appear to be disc wheels. Are these still
available any where?

I have a pair of old Pawsh Carbon Fibre Performance Disc Wheel covers
but am thinking of the clip on nylon fabric covers I saw back then.

The Pawsh covers I have do not lay right on modern wheels. I think
they work with 5 speed or single speeds though. I did have them on my
1980s 10 or 12 speed.

Thanks from Peter

I feel silly replying to this but you could have to take the wheel off
to even begin to get a cover (bicycle hubcap?) on, and you would have to
bolt the 2 pieces in several places. Is it worth it? The first good
cross wind might either blow you over or into the lane of a car.
Wouldn't you rather just get on and ride?
Bill Baka

He may well prefer that, but they're worth a few seconds in TT events.

Rest assured that putting them on isn't that big a deal, and normal
people don't put 'em on the front wheel, which minimizes the wind-blast
issues.

I could elaborate about the UCI rules that ban covers, thus forcing most
TTists to use (permitted) carbon discs, where the carbon "cover" is the
load-bearing element (there's no spokes underneath), but I won't.

That really is probably more than I want to know.
A full carbon wheel with no spokes would probably cost as much as one of
my bicycles.
Bill Baka

Sir Ridesalot said:

Hi there.

Back in the 1980s you could buy nylon wheel covers to put on your
wheels to make them appear to be disc wheels. Are these still
available any where?

I have a pair of old Pawsh Carbon Fibre Performance Disc Wheel covers
but am thinking of the clip on nylon fabric covers I saw back then.

The Pawsh covers I have do not lay right on modern wheels. I think
they work with 5 speed or single speeds though. I did have them on my
1980s 10 or 12 speed.

Thanks from Peter

A few places have occasionally sold these over the years.
John Howard used to sell some years back, around the same time he was
offering the Pink Turbo bike.
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What I've heard from the recumbnet/HPV end of it... most of the
hard-plastic wheel covers don't work well, because they're dished and
rarely fit onto YOUR hubs and rims exactly right.

What a lot of HPV people do is use thin coroplast covers, zip tied on.
Ugly yes, but they cut drag, and don't weigh or cost much.
~

Sir Ridesalot said:

Hi there.

Back in the 1980s you could buy nylon wheel covers to put on your
wheels to make them appear to be disc wheels. Are these still
available any where?

I have a pair of old Pawsh Carbon Fibre Performance Disc Wheel covers
but am thinking of the clip on nylon fabric covers I saw back then.

The Pawsh covers I have do not lay right on modern wheels. I think
they work with 5 speed or single speeds though. I did have them on my
1980s 10 or 12 speed.

Thanks from Peter

I feel silly replying to this but you could have to take the wheel off
to even begin to get a cover (bicycle hubcap?) on, and you would have to
bolt the 2 pieces in several places. Is it worth it? The first good
cross wind might either blow you over or into the lane of a car.
Wouldn't you rather just get on and ride?
Bill Baka

Bill said:

Sir Ridesalot said:

Hi there.

Quoted message said:

Back in the 1980s you could buy nylon wheel covers to put on your
wheels to make them appear to be disc wheels. Are these still
available any where?

Quoted message said:

I have a pair of old Pawsh Carbon Fibre Performance Disc Wheel covers
but am thinking of the clip on nylon fabric covers I saw back then.

Quoted message said:

The Pawsh covers I have do not lay right on modern wheels. I think
they work with 5 speed or single speeds though. I did have them on my
1980s 10 or 12 speed.

Quoted message said:

Thanks from Peter

I feel silly replying to this but you could have to take the wheel off
to even begin to get a cover (bicycle hubcap?) on, and you would have to
bolt the 2 pieces in several places. Is it worth it? The first good
cross wind might either blow you over or into the lane of a car.
Wouldn't you rather just get on and ride?
Bill Baka- Hide quoted text -

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Hi Bill.

Different strokes for different folks and/or different bicycles.

Putting the covers on was a matter of less than an hour the first
time. That included the fitting to the rim size.

IIs it worth it? Most definitely! Aesthetically, very pleasing and
functional.

If the covers are only on the rear wheel a cross wind is not that bad.
I never had problems with my carbon fiber disc covers even in traffic
and gusting winds.

Put the covers on and then really ride. VBG

These covers really make a single gear or fixed gear look awesome.

Cheers from Peter

On Jun 15, 5:59 pm, John Forrest Tomlinson <[email hidden]>

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On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:44:25 -0700, Sir Ridesalot

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Hi there.

Quoted message said:

Back in the 1980s you could buy nylon wheel covers to put on your
wheels to make them appear to be disc wheels. Are these still
available any where?

http://www.excelsports.com/new.asp?page=8&description=Wheel+Cover&ven...
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Thank you.

That is very similar to what I was looking for.

Cheers from Peter

Bill said:

Ryan Cousineau said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
Bill <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Sir Ridesalot wrote:
> Hi there.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> Back in the 1980s you could buy nylon wheel covers to put on your
> wheels to make them appear to be disc wheels. Are these still
> available any where?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> I have a pair of old Pawsh Carbon Fibre Performance Disc Wheel covers
> but am thinking of the clip on nylon fabric covers I saw back then.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> The Pawsh covers I have do not lay right on modern wheels. I think
> they work with 5 speed or single speeds though. I did have them on my
> 1980s 10 or 12 speed.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> Thanks from Peter

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I feel silly replying to this but you could have to take the wheel off
to even begin to get a cover (bicycle hubcap?) on, and you would have to
bolt the 2 pieces in several places. Is it worth it? The first good
cross wind might either blow you over or into the lane of a car.
Wouldn't you rather just get on and ride?
Bill Baka

Quoted message said:

He may well prefer that, but they're worth a few seconds in TT events.

Quoted message said:

Rest assured that putting them on isn't that big a deal, and normal
people don't put 'em on the front wheel, which minimizes the wind-blast
issues.

Quoted message said:

I could elaborate about the UCI rules that ban covers, thus forcing most
TTists to use (permitted) carbon discs, where the carbon "cover" is the
load-bearing element (there's no spokes underneath), but I won't.

That really is probably more than I want to know.
A full carbon wheel with no spokes would probably cost as much as one of
my bicycles.
Bill Baka- Hide quoted text -

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Hi Bill.

Technically a disc wheel is considered to be a one spoke wheel and not
a spokeless one. :<😉

You are right about the cost though - disc wheels are not cheap hence
the desire for wheel covers.

Cheers from Peter

Sir Ridesalot said:

Hi there.

Back in the 1980s you could buy nylon wheel covers to put on your
wheels to make them appear to be disc wheels. Are these still
available any where?

I have a pair of old Pawsh Carbon Fibre Performance Disc Wheel covers
but am thinking of the clip on nylon fabric covers I saw back then.

The Pawsh covers I have do not lay right on modern wheels. I think
they work with 5 speed or single speeds though. I did have them on my
1980s 10 or 12 speed.

I knew someone who made his own wheel covers for a couple of dollars
by simply covering his spokes with clear packing tape.

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Johnny Sunset said:

I knew someone who made his own wheel covers for a couple of dollars
by simply covering his spokes with clear packing tape.

That'd make a pretty bad transition from the disk surface to the rim.
Not good for going fast.

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