"Tom Paterson" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >From: "Chris"
>
> [Postal wheel article):
> >
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/to>ur04/tech/?id=c-
> >lassic1
>
> >I am sort of joking but these wheels are exactly the same
> >spec. that Team Renault used in 1984 (Mavic SSC 400 gram
> >box sevtion rims, 32 spoke and sewups...duh).
>
> Note offset spokes on rear:
I saw that but I still think it is close enough to make it
interesting. I wonder if the trend towards clinchers has
devided technology a bit in that so much effort has gone in
to making clinchers "as good as" sewups when they could
have been working on making sewups even better (lighter,
better performance, reliability etc.) but as it is there
are very few changes to what was state of the art in 1984
vs. 2004, offset rims aside.
>
> <"One unique element to our Bontrager Classic wheels is
> that they have different rims for the front and rear
> wheels. The rear wheel uses OSB,
which
> means Offset Spoke Bed that positions the spoke holes
> 2.5mm right of
center so
> there's no dish in the rear wheel.>
>
> Also from the same article:
>
> <"We discovered that the duration of the tough classic
> races, combined
with the
> typically bad weather and the high-pressure cleaners the
> team uses, forced
us
> to develop a more durable hub from when we introduced it
> to the team in
2002.
> However, at this point there are no plans to commercialize
> this product,
but
> the technology will certainly be used in Bontrager wheels
> in the future.">
>
> Maybe they'll even make them 36 spokes for the consumers.
> That would be
nice.
> --TP
If there were a few high profile wins on them at the same
race where some high tech wheel took a contender out of the
race then maybe that would ben enough to impact consumer's
buying habits. Right now there are dudes all across the US
that use ZIPP 303s and 404s on Sunday club rides.