Re: oilheads-digest V1 #49

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On Saturday, Jan 17, 2004, at 11:26 US/Eastern, James H. Nazarian, 
Ph.D. wrote:

> .
>
> Actually, BMW's "soft rims are a good example of good engineering. If
> collision with a pothole, or a curb, or a chunk of road debris is
> unavoidable because of traffic conditions, or weather conditions, or 
> even
> careless driving, etc., the forces of that collision WILL be 
> dissipated or
> absorbed by something. The $64 question is HOW. A bent rim can occur 
> on a
> car or truck with huge steel wheels just as it can on a slim, trim 
> aluminum
> alloy MC wheel. An alternative to bending the rim might be cracking 
> the rim,
> bending the forks, breaking a shock/spring mount, etc. Cracking a rim 
> could
> cause spontaneous deflation of the tubeless tire wrapped around that 
> wheel.
> Which do you prefer?
>

True, but, the 3-spoke rims are too soft and with too large a space 
between the spokes. I have never had this problem with the K bike rims.


Robert

95 R11RS
88 KRS Special

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