"Ron Ruff" wrote: (clip) It should be obvious to anyone with a tiny bit of
tech savy that the variation in speed is *less* with the *heavier* wheels!
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I think I have a tiny bit of tech savy, and it is obvious to me that the
wheels cannot have an appreciable effect. Any reduction in speed occurs
during the part of the pedaling stroke when torque goes through a minimum.
The entire bike/rider slows down a little. If a bike and rider total, say
200 lb, how much of this could possibly be in the wheels? Then, remember,
we're not ELIMINATING wheel weight, we're reducing it a little, so the
difference could amount to, maybe 0.1 to 0.2% of the total. Finally, the
effort to reaccelerate the system to its maximum speed is regained on the
next half-cycle when it decelerates again.