Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou wrote:
> I was inspired to weigh the spare bolt-on wire wheel I have.
> My (fairly decent digital) bathroom scale said it weighed 16 pounds!
> If you had knock-off wire wheels, you would probably have to add
> a couple more pounds for the splined hub.
>
> It's sort of ironic that wire wheels would be considered a performance
> accessory...
The reason they are associated with performance is that they were more reliable
than
pressed steel ones in the early days. And were less likely to split under the
high
corner loads during racing..
But hey, they look great!
Tim
>
>
> Doug Braun
> '72 Spit
>
> At 04:02 PM 11/29/00 , Len Lubbers wrote:
>
> >Finally a non-technical question that I can answer without any special tools
>and
> >I actually have a rim (with no tire mounted) handy.
> >
> >Here is what my bathroom scale tells me: about 12 lbs. You would have to
> >subtract an ounce for the valve stem.
> >
> >Len Lubbers
> >
> >Mike Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > Can anyone tell me what the weight in pounds of a stock steel wheel would
>be
> > > on my '79 Spitfire?
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Tim Dafforn
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