Absolutely, David. I wish I had a nickel for every broken spoke and out of
true wire wheel I saw on the European race tracks in the 1960s! No serious
racer in the day used wire wheels for any reason other than their brakes
kept overheating!
Cheers!!
Jim
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 8:39 PM, David Ambrose <stargazer1@cox.net> wrote:
> On 12/30/2010 5:50 PM, cathey speichinger wrote:
>
>> Ahhhh. A point I also agree with. They raced on wire wheels for YEARS,,,,
>> WTF if they were so unreliable>
>>
> Racers had lots of problem with wire wheels, but they provided excellent
> brake cooling and that was more important.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave Ambrose
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