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Re: Winspace UNAAS
That's straight up awful in 2024.
27mm external means you can't run 28C tyres, as they will mushroom out, slowing you down. So it largely negates the benefit of a 50mm deep wheel --> severaly outdated design.
The weight for such a narrow rim wheelset, with carbon spokes, is also really bad. In fact they do say they use T700 carbon, which nobody should be using in wheels, unless they want to ride really low end stuff. You can get a quote from Peter from Xiamen carbon speed for full T800 rims that will cost much less, be much lighter, wider, and better.

That wheelset is objectively a dog of a product in 2024.

I can't quite make it out, do you like them or not?

September 16, 2024, 06:48:15 PM
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Please start using Mywhoosh? .
September 23, 2024, 12:40:13 PM
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Re: Please start using Mywhoosh? Seconded. I've used mywhoosh and indievelo a bunch last year when my (third) zwift free trial ended and they're great. By far my biggest complaints for both was how lonely I felt being surrounded by bots or just alone in the world. I think I slightly prefer indievelo as you don't need the windows store and it ran better, but they're both great. Fuck the subscription economy
September 24, 2024, 01:06:40 PM
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Re: Frame req? (Aero, dropped SS, high stack, short reach)
73deg seatpost is frustrating for those of us with short femurs! The frame looks great, but I need something steeper :(
Unfortunately it's even slacker for the 58! I'm not sure why frame makers do this... A tall rider ends up sitting way back over the rear wheel. Best I can hope for is an inline or forward offset seatpost, but that's not ideal.

February 13, 2025, 01:33:34 PM
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Re: New frame 2025 : TFSA JH-35
The link you showed clearly states that the rolling resistance goes down as tire size goes up, and we know that wide tires are more comfortable because you can run lower pressures and have the same air volume in the tire. Whether you feel that difference is up to you, but the physics doesn't lie. Wider tires have less rolling resistance and are more comfortable.

Now, it's possible that after a certain size we start losing speed again, but 32s aren't that size (NorCal Cycling tested 28, 32 and 34 and found that the 34s were slightly slower than 32s, they were on par with 28s, with the 32s being the fastest ).
Yes, RR goes down as tire size goes up if you keep the pressure the same. Nobody is running 32cs at 100psi. You buy bigger tires to run lower pressures, which the link shows makes RR worse at recommended pressures and about equal for equal comfort. So by extension, to actually improve on comfort from a smaller tire you are getting more RR. Along with more weight and aero drag at any pressure setting.

Plus in my experience the comfort improvement isn't huge, or at least not big enough to warrant the sluggish feel and losses. There aren't many wheel choices to get a 32c tire to hit the 105% rule for example. They straight up balloon on the 29-31mm wide wheels I have.

Im not saying people shouldnt buy 32c etc, do whatever you want........ just saying to temper expectations and have a full understanding of the costs and benefits.

February 19, 2025, 08:15:22 AM
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Re: New frame 2025 : TFSA JH-35 Maybe you are gonna build it up with 25-28c tyres now for a light weight climbing build, that's fine, but if I were to buy a new frame in 2025 I would like the opportunity to go wider than 30 mm in the future, even if I build it up narrower now. As rims are getting wider to, you also risk that even the stated 30c max width is getting problematic with a 30c tyre on a 25 mm internal rim width, and I don't see what you lose with a 28 mm tyre on a frame that max out on 32 and not 30 mm, so why limit the frame to max 30 mm?
February 19, 2025, 10:07:18 AM
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