[Orvan]

Can I externally butt spokes with my dremel?:devil:

 

[WTGPhoben]

see subject.


But seriously:

A. there's no way you're going to smoothly thin out the whole spoke

B. there is more to butting spokes than grinding down the middle of the spoke... the forging process changes some of the properties of the metal, and you're not goingto do that with a dremel

 

[Toshi]

Hello Keith, I think that was a joke.

 

[WTGPhoben]

well, now this thread has some legit content

 

[ohio]

I've found I can save A LOT of weight by building my wheels entirely spoke-less. Not quite as stiff as a traditional setup, but you can drop like .5 lbs per wheel, and that's unsprung rotating weight.

 

[NJPhil]

Originally posted by ohio
I've found I can save A LOT of weight by building my wheels entirely spoke-less. Not quite as stiff as a traditional setup, but you can drop like .5 lbs per wheel, and that's unsprung rotating weight.

I find that uncooked spaghetti adds some stiffness over the no-spoke approach with only adding 64 grams per wheel.

 

[prisspringle]

wot the hey just get rid of the whole bike just think of the saveings in weight and money

 

[Toshi]

Originally posted by prisspringle
wot the hey just get rid of the whole bike just think of the saveings in weight and money

Then you can work on your freestyle walking, which is guaranteed by ohio to pick up the chicks.

 

[WTGPhoben]

As toshi knows pretty well, building up my new bike is getting sorta expensive, so I'm going to try to sell you on my "magic, make you bike lighter with helium kit"

Here's how it works: I duct tape all the holes in your frame shut and fill you frame with, yep, you guessed it, Helium. Then I fill your tires with helium, and if you have an air fork... pressurize with helium. If you're still not satisfied I'll even tie some of those shiny mylar balloons to your handlebars. Guaranteed weight savings.

 

[Orvan]

I'll zip tie everything I can zip tie through and do away with the nuts and bolts. Plastic vs Metal.. chainguide, I'll slap an old STX-RC front der for my chain retention and pray to allah my chain won't drop..

I'll drill holes on my rims too..gram savings.