| To: | bushwacker4@zoomtown.com |
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| Subject: | Re: Racing on wire wheels? |
| Date: | Thu, 2 Feb 2006 00:43:12 -0600 |
| Cc: | Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net> |
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Kent sez: > In the old days almost everyone raced on wire wheels. With the knock off caps >they could change a wheel in very little time. All the big names ran wires, >Ferrari, Astin Martin, etc. In the late 60s I ran my '46 TC at Brands Hatch... When you corner hard and hear a "ping ping ping ping ping" that is the sound of breaking spokes. I run my '68 Midget hard in the corners (not on a race track) and have never broken a spoke though I check their tension regularly. Even the TC wasn't a huge problem unless you let the spoke tension go south. On the other hand, truing up a spoke wheel is a RPITA!!! Cheers!! Jim - disemboweled Midget in Dodge City -- 1964 R60/2 1968 MG Midget 1976 R90/6 1990 K100LT **Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.** |
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