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tecnic1:
--- Quote from: Owen on December 24, 2014, 10:07:19 AM ---Why is rotating weight an issue on a BMX wheel? lolz. You are not climbing l'Alp d'huez on it, time trialling, or riding it like a road bike in any way whatsoever.
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No, but you're trying to go fast and change direction with two huge gyroscopes attached.
I mean yeah, if you're of the bars to feeble to ice pick to whip to manual on an 18 inch ledge type, or if you're really really good and could braaap the fuck out on a Schwinn beach cruiser, it most likely doesn't matter.
I like to go fast, but suck and need all the help I can get. My bike feels noticeably more difficult to ride going from 24oz tires (Hawk P-lytes) to 28 oz tires (Aitken non P-lytes).
Owen:
Define 'fast'. I don't feel the difference on my road wheels when I switch from a 1400g pair to a 950g pair, until I get above about 35kmph.
Bunny hopping, and any trick that derives from that must be easier with a lighter bike, but rotating weight on a slow moving, small wheeled bike... I don't buy it.
blueee:
my bike feels so god damn light and nimble right now, i fucking love it. im running a god damn 8oz plastic seat thingybob just cuase it feels so damn nice.
but yeah, ive spent a lot of time truing wheels and have gotten pretty good at not rounding off the brass ones, even on shit old wheels. i accidentally rounded off a tad bit of a nipon my rear wheel during the build, marked it off, and have been good since. hopefully ill be alright
anyone know what happened to newjerseyken? i was supposed to buy a grim reaper off him but when i asked him about being on the untrustworthy seller list, he then stopped contacting me
someone sell me a grim reaper, plz
G:
I am really happy that people like my nipples. They were a huge ballache to develop and have never taken off as much as I would have liked, but I am very pleased with how they work and I am glad other people are too...
:)
G.
tim_sch:
--- Quote from: G on December 24, 2014, 03:07:01 PM ---I am really happy that people like my nipples.
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--- Quote from: G on December 24, 2014, 03:07:01 PM ---I am really happy that people like my nipples.
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--- Quote from: G on December 24, 2014, 03:07:01 PM ---I am really happy that people like my nipples.
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Feel like a 7 year old laughing about that.
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