Wheel weight

[Jon Pennington]

Ben Fenner said:

> From everything I've read the stock wheel is 14 lbs. but I'm having my
> doubts on that.

I'm not.  I'm also pretty sure that the stock wheel weights have been
documented in the archives, but I'm not motivated enough to go digging
right now. :)

> The point I'm trying to come to is that I think wheel weights are rarely
> advertized correctly and are usually stated lighter than they actually
> are.

Not in my research.  These days, wheel weight is taken very seriously,
even by advertisers, and I've yet to see a "lightweight" wheel advertised
more than .75lb less than it actually weighs.  Yes, a 15*7 K1 should weigh
between 12 and 13 pounds.  That's one thing that did suprise me about
Panasport wheels when I started looking at them a few months ago; they
really aren't that light.  I'm sure they're strong, and I don't know about
inertial mass, but their static weight isn't impressive at all.

There are a LOT of aftermarket forged wheels on the CONSUMER market that
are significantly lighter.  Centerline (a well-known domestic wheel
company) has a nice line of FWD rotary-forged wheels that weigh only 13.51
lbs in 17*7" sizes!  Those run about $300 each from retailers like Summit
Racing.  A style or two of them are even available in 15*7", which reduces
mass even more...

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