Tested & Certififed...F-A-S-T!!!

Pimp My Ride...
I'm usually NOT a pimper...usually always preferring FUNCTION over fashion...but these things just look so good...

So after retruing my new wheels using the D-man's truing stand, I headed out for a short ride this afternoon in probably the windiest conditions I have EVER ridden in. Not wanting to get blown around too much with the cars, I just rode around the neighborhood and did about 4 laps on a super windy lagoon. Downwind, I was easily spinning the 53x12, and into the wind, it was usually a 53x17 or 19.


FIRST RIDE VERDICT - My new wheels LOOK SWEET...did I already say that???? They're also super fast as the "dead spot" feels a LOT LESS than before. Could it be all psych? (tests show 30mm rims to be of no help)...who cares???? since it felt way faster riding around today in all conditions (down wind, side wind, raging head winds) - no matter what "they" say, I say that churning 24 aero spokes per wheel versus 32 round ones, and having a deeper and narrower profile HAS to help...

I was wondering about how the rear wheel, at only 24 spokes, would perform. It feels much more direct, compared to my Revolution spoked OpenPro, like the bike is hard wired to the pedals and jumps with no delay at any little effort. The front at a heads in radial 24 also turns and hold a tight line like it's on rails. Side winds are also not that bad, although on Lagoon it was mainly head and tail winds...but when a strong side gust does catch the front wheel, you gotta make sure you're holding on and countersteering into the wind - worse than my OpenPro, but in today's strong gusts, ANY wheel with some profile would be harder to handle.

Btw...did I mention that my new wheel's color scheme...black w/ red nips looks sooooo pimp on my white w/black and red Look KX Light...???...