Aerospoke wheels

guy said:

Hello, I have recently joined this group and the info is great. I have
been out of bicycling for years due to health problems/injuries and
the time invested into starting a new career. I recently purchased a
Bacchetta Strada recumbent for various reasons. It is a sweet bike and
once the "engine" gets up to speed it will be ready for some century
rides etc. I plan on purchasing some Aerospoke wheels or something
similar for it shortly. I have looked on the internet and hunted
around and it seems as though Aerospoke is the only one making a
reasonably priced composite wheel anymore. I had thought I might be
able to find that type of wheel like the old Specialized ones, etc. I
don't want to run a pure disk since I plan on keeping the wheels on
for day in/out training. The weight issue of the wheels is not an
issue for me since I am more worried about loosing weight off the
engine. At 5 foot 7 and 240 pounds I am not real worried about a
couple extra pounds on the bike components. Any suggestions as where
to look? Are the Aerospokes and similar type wheels durable enough for
training and heavier folks? The main reason I want them is I have
always sucked at truing wheels, my time is very limited so I want to
put my time on the bike not ruing wheels, and plus I think they look
cool. Yeh, I gotta have fun too. Any info would be greatly
appreciated. Oh yeh, I can run 650c or 26 inch wheels on this bike.
Again, thank you, Guy

Why not visit Aerospoke's site and do your research there?

<http://www.aerospoke.com/>

guy said:

Hello, I have recently joined this group and the info is great. I have
been out of bicycling for years due to health problems/injuries and
the time invested into starting a new career. I recently purchased a
Bacchetta Strada recumbent for various reasons. It is a sweet bike and
once the "engine" gets up to speed it will be ready for some century
rides etc. I plan on purchasing some Aerospoke wheels or something
similar for it shortly. I have looked on the internet and hunted
around and it seems as though Aerospoke is the only one making a
reasonably priced composite wheel anymore. I had thought I might be
able to find that type of wheel like the old Specialized ones, etc. I
don't want to run a pure disk since I plan on keeping the wheels on
for day in/out training. The weight issue of the wheels is not an
issue for me since I am more worried about loosing weight off the
engine. At 5 foot 7 and 240 pounds I am not real worried about a
couple extra pounds on the bike components. Any suggestions as where
to look? Are the Aerospokes and similar type wheels durable enough for
training and heavier folks? The main reason I want them is I have
always sucked at truing wheels, my time is very limited so I want to
put my time on the bike not ruing wheels, and plus I think they look
cool. Yeh, I gotta have fun too. Any info would be greatly
appreciated. Oh yeh, I can run 650c or 26 inch wheels on this bike.
Again, thank you, Guy

I know a larger rider who used Aerospokes on the back of Easy Racers
(~65% of the total weight is on the rear wheel) with reportedly good
results.

--
Tom Sherman – Quad City Area

I like my Aerospoke:

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Wow. You would think this thread had already returned to dust.

Aerospoke wheel = aerodynamic turd