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how the hell can u see that?

if you look close enough, you'll notice it's a FREEWHEEL

how the hell can u see that?

Experience!

• good eyesight.
  

Campagnolo Hi-Lo Front Track Hub
road hub, although hi-lo was supposedly only ever made for a handful of rear hubs for the german track team in the mid 80's. there is also a low to very high flange, even rarer.

• good eyesight.
  

nope, i am as blind as a bat.

Any more info on that heavily spoked wheel, eyebrows? How is that even possible?

http://www.carbonsports.com/LW_Disc_DT.lasso

Any more info on that heavily spoked wheel, eyebrows? How is that even possible?

Its a carbon disc wheel with a spoke pattern is'nt it?
I imagine the design is meant to show the weave.

they have those over the forks front brakes too dia compe or some shit. nosferatu had one until he ruined his lovely forks

He would not be able to run a nice Shamal front like that with brakes, without some psycho Shamal-fan breaking his nose ;)

aaaw.. I want a wheel with a bazzillion spokes for no discernable advantage. carbon-shmarbon

i think i would trust Lightweight on that one- they make the best wheels around.

sure, but.... so many spokes!

what's the advantage of hi-lo hubs, Dale?

sure, but.... so many spokes!

Fine to have that many when they are not actual spokes though isn't it?

sure, but.... so many spokes!

Its a bloody disc wheel with spokes drawn unto it.
i.e. there are no fecking spokes.

Grrrrrrrrrr!

You're winding us up. I wont let it get to me though.

Grrrrrrrrrr!

what's the advantage of hi-lo hubs, Dale?

they're not usually on the front, mostly on the rear to offset drive spoke tension, before everyone just used small flanges. shorter spokes=stronger tension.

cheers murts, i figured that out for the rear, is it on the front just to match or is it for a reason? like the way Indy Cars are set up to want to turn left? but then dale said they're for the road?

No you're wrong... it's spokes. And the "lightweight" word is a bit of wire bent by one of those guys on Hungerford Bridge into the word and then soldered on.

It's immense.

Its a bloody disc wheel with spokes drawn unto it.
i.e. there are no fecking spokes.

Grrrrrrrrrr!

You're winding us up. I wont let it get to me though.

Grrrrrrrrrr!

(quote from wiggle)
Lightweight discs are designed like spoked wheels: Many carbon fibre threads connect the hub to the rim. The threads leave the hub shell tangentially – in the direction of the forces to be transmitted. No ordinary carbon fibre mats are used. Lightweights Sandwich Design uses no fibres that transfer no loads. The result is a wheel which is both stronger and lighter than other disc wheels. Who says you can’t have it all?

**Sandwich Construction: **The spoke threads are wound around two thin foam cores. As a last step, a thin white layer is used to cover the entire wheel. The top layer does not transfer any weight, which is why it can be kept very thin. This saves weight and in turn multiplies the types of competitions our wheels are suitable for. Please handle the wheels with care to avoid harming the finish.

and you can see the rebranding here:
http://www.velonews.com/photo/71795

and the "lightweight" is a bit of an in-house joke with the builders

No you're wrong... it's spokes. And the "lightweight" word is a bit of wire bent by one of those guys on Hungerford Bridge into the word and then soldered on.

It's immense.

Theres a guy who hangs around brick lane bending wire into girls names. I've invested quite a bit of money with that guy.

Smallfurry, I think you've let the lutefisk get to your head.

Anyway, wouldnt it be awfully heavy with all those spokes, and surely numerous the holes on the hub would weaken it. I contend that the hubs must be what I will term "quad-flange" so there is an internal flange, and an external flange to allow for greater spacing bewteen the holes

retracted. inflammatory.

It may be structural, I believe its some sort of carbon resin stuff, but **it is a disc **wheel, Here is a black one used by Eric Zabel

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2006/tour06/tech/?id=/photos/2006/tech/features/tour_news_1/IMG_1034

And here is Emma Pooley winning a silver medal on a white one

not sure whether you are bullshitting bout the lightweight being written in wire, but that is bollocks, I know two guys with these wheels and it's printed.

Smallfurry, I think you've let the lutefisk get to your head.

Havent slept much for a few days. The joys of fatherhood. Turns out I was wrong(ish) to boot.

I originaly thought the black spoke like design on the disc was to illustrate clever uni-directional weave. But it turns out the disc is built around a spoked wheel design.

Lightweight discs are designed like spoked wheels: Many carbon fibre threads connect the hub to the rim.

You can see the threads (I'm not going to call them spokes, you cant make me, so there), through the paint job on the Bontrager wheel. So it is definitly more spoked-wheel like than your normal disc wheel is.