Max, this is another racing tire 'thing' but I can tell you I pulled the
Rostyle wheels right off my race car over the lug nuts (in reality it
was only one wheel). All that was left on the car was four lug nuts,
and four little pieces of the Rostyle wheel behind the lug nuts.
The last paragraph of your message is right on.
Larry Hoy
> -----Original Message-----
> Barney, I'm sure you know what you're talking about, but I
> don't think Dan was talking about racing tires, or racing
> conditions -- if he was, then I totally agree he would be
> better off with alloy wheels. But I don't think B owners have
> to worry about 48-spoke wires. I would suspect that good 14"
> 60- or 72-spoke wires would be considerably stiffer than the
> stock 15" steel wheels on an A, at any rate. The later B's
> Rostyle wheels look like they might be reasonably stiff,
> though (assuming they're decently put together, which is a
> big assumption, I admit).
>
> The moral here, I suppose, is not to "overtire" your wheels.
> You don't want the wheel to be the "weakest link".
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