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Electric_City

Torture wrench
Apr 14, 2007
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Eh, why not? The Industry has been pushing bigger wheels on us for over a decade. I said for years that the time will come where some dumb ass in "TI" will say "Hey! I have a brilliant idea! It worked on mountain bikes, let's fuck up the road industry too!". Unfortunately, this is how The Industry™ comes up with a stupid idea, but refers to it as "ingenuity" or "engineering"...
 

jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
85,564
24,182
media blackout
Eh, why not? The Industry has been pushing bigger wheels on us for over a decade. I said for years that the time will come where some dumb ass in "TI" will say "Hey! I have a brilliant idea! It worked on mountain bikes, let's fuck up the road industry too!". Unfortunately, this is how The Industry™ comes up with a stupid idea, but refers to it as "ingenuity" or "engineering"...
UCI still requires road bikes to have matching wheel diameters. that rule was only changed for MTB.
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
18,852
9,557
AK
UCI still requires road bikes to have matching wheel diameters. that rule was only changed for MTB.
That's why I hate road racing. I understand why they have minimum weights, so stuff doesn't too stupid unsafe, but the other rules they have are just dumb.
 

Gary

"S" is for "neo-luddite"
Aug 27, 2002
7,536
5,470
UK
That's why I hate road racing.
That's why you hate it?

M'kay

although TBF I can see how service support cars laden with wheels in 4 different rim diameters, 4 axle standards, with 2 disc size and rim brake options and elderly mechanics flapping about trying to navigate a laptop to google the right one for the frame any time a rider punctures could be more entertaining than what actualy plays out on the road on most of the stages.
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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HAB

Chelsea from Seattle
Apr 28, 2007
11,580
2,005
Seattle
Ah, yes, I totally hate having more options on the market for how to cary water.

I mean, I'm not gonna buy that thing, and making it look all "tactical" is dumb, but let's not get mad at having more options for stuff. Obama's not going to take your normal bottle away.
 

shelteringsky

Monkey
May 21, 2010
307
257
Ah, yes, I totally hate having more options on the market for how to cary water.

I mean, I'm not gonna buy that thing, and making it look all "tactical" is dumb, but let's not get mad at having more options for stuff. Obama's not going to take your normal bottle away.
Found the fanny pack wearer... :busted:
 

Happymtb.fr

Turbo Monkey
Feb 9, 2016
1,907
1,252
SWE
This is probably from someone here when considering the name of the channel?
Tactical camo paint and all the luxury you can wish. Soon to be copied by Surly or Salsa
 

slyfink

Turbo Monkey
Sep 16, 2008
9,289
5,028
Ottawa, Canada
Zipp 3-0 Moto appears to be rebadged pre-existing rim...

https://zipp.com/wheels/3zero-moto-rim/

https://www.bouwmeester.com.au/

Good catch! I KNEW I had seen that rim profile before!!
yes! I knew it was an australian rim, but my google skillz failed me. good job finding it.

found a few reviews: https://bikerumor.com/2015/05/26/long-term-review-bouwmeester-tammar-4-8-carbon-fiber-wide-enduro-wheels/
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/bouwmeester-tammar-650b-enduro-wheelset-pr-2016.html
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
18,852
9,557
AK
To be fair, I didn’t find it, someone on mtbr did, and the profile seems slightly different, more angled on the inside on one, but that may just be the angle of the camera.