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re:How to true bladed spoked wheels
In category Tech issues
Written by yakmoose

I've built and trued lots of regular wheels, but not the newer bladed spoke wheels. I have a set of Bontager Race X-lites that, while they are true at the moment, I'd like to know how to true them if and when they go out of true.

Are there any online sites discussing this topic? Sheldon Brown doesn't discuss these wheels specifically. I have heard that some manufacturers include a "blade holding

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re:Speed of new bladed wheels vs. older spoked?
In category Tech issues
Written by ajm19

A friend of mine has a nice old Holdsworth he rides pretty fast on, a good 20+mph rider. He has some decent 32 spoke clinchers on it.

The other day I tried a set of his friend's superduper new deepdish bladed spoke wheels on his bike and he said he was shocked and amazed by the huge speed improvement the new wheels gave him. He said he had no idea they'd be so slippery. He said the benefit was ve

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Old Spinergy 4 blade carbon wheels
In category Tech issues
Written by bluedad

Someone recently gave me a set of old (not sure how old) Spinergy 4 blade carbon wheels. I thought it was a real nice gift at the time, but after reading some random websites I'm starting to think twice about using them.
How concerned should I be about carbon spoke failure? I do value my health and I'm big into self-preservation.

Not knowing what to do with them, I'm thinking about building a l

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