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...
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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