Another Bent Wheel

Another Bent Wheel

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lx993

Original Poster:

12,214 posts

264 months

Tuesday 1st July 2003
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Following on from sidekick's bent wheel, I have also managed to bend one of mine.

Admittedly, I was trying to take a faster line through the chicane at Llandow circuit

No suspension damage luckily. But these wheels do seem to be pretty easy to damage. Does anyone know whether this is par for the course with such low profile tyres, or would a change to a stronger wheel prevent this? The standard Noble wheels are pretty expensive (700 quid to replace wheel and tyre )

guysh

2,254 posts

290 months

Tuesday 1st July 2003
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ahh would that be the 'bus stop' or just the chicanne on the opposite side to the start finish straight?

Done that circuit in my exige when I had it the chicane (opposite side to start finish) was pretty rough if you hit the sides from what I remember...

lx993

Original Poster:

12,214 posts

264 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2003
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Not the bus stop, but the chicane at the end of the back straight. The fastest way through is to sort-of straight line it, hopping on the kerbs.

The kerbs are smooth enough, unfortunately the right hand side kerb has a sheer drop down to the grass inside, rather than gravel or concrete. So if your wheel goes too far to the right, you'll hit a right angle chunk of kerb.....

sidekick

266 posts

258 months

Wednesday 2nd July 2003
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I had a look at the wheels on the 3R and the rims look much stronger than the Azev items fitted to the 3. However, don't fancy shelling out the £2K I guess it would cost to buy a set!