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Ben C
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On 2007-10-12, jim beam <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ben C wrote:
[...]
>> I imagine aero rims would make the biggest difference in stiffness. MA-2
>> and Open Pro are roughly the same in cross-section I think.
>
> ma2 is about as shallow as you can get for a normal brake track width.
> open pro is nearly twice as deep.
Sounds like that's the significant difference then.
http://www.astounding.org.uk/ian/wheel/sectprops.html
Ian's model used 25x10mm as the box section, Open Pro is 18.4x19.6mm.
That is about twice as deep, and "oversquare".
> Ben C wrote:
[...]
>> I imagine aero rims would make the biggest difference in stiffness. MA-2
>> and Open Pro are roughly the same in cross-section I think.
>
> ma2 is about as shallow as you can get for a normal brake track width.
> open pro is nearly twice as deep.
Sounds like that's the significant difference then.
http://www.astounding.org.uk/ian/wheel/sectprops.html
Ian's model used 25x10mm as the box section, Open Pro is 18.4x19.6mm.
That is about twice as deep, and "oversquare".