Its pretty simple, people are doing things on 700C road wheels that they were never designed to do - " I did a 3 stair drop barspin and my arrospok imploded" - well wtf do you expect?! Personally i think it was the overproliferation of HHSSPoke Cards in the wheel that led to this failure
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VelocityDeeeepVeeeeees were adopted by street fixed riders precisely because they are heavy, stiff and chunky relative to roadie racing rims or skinny track tubs... and come in sillly colours! :P
I had no idea how little knowledge some fixed riders have about 700c wheels until reading some of the Orange County posts... fucking hell... !!!
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VelocityDeeeepVeeeeees were adopted by street fixed riders precisely because they are heavy, stiff and chunky relative to roadie racing rims or skinny track tubs... and come in sillly colours! :P
I had no idea how little knowledge some fixed riders have about 700c wheels until reading some of the Orange County posts... fucking hell... !!!