Spinergy GXX wheels

£1,199, dhwagenices.com Don’t ask us to explain the physics (we really do understand it, honest), but bicycle wheels don’t ‘hang’ from their upper spokes but are instead supported, pillar style, by their lower spokes. Counterintuitive? You betcha, and it’s a fact made even more mind-bending when you consider Spinergy’s GXX wheels, whose PBO spokes are floppy like string when not under tension. That’s a serious departure from your common-or-garden metal or carbon spoke, but Spinergy has long since championed the design, claiming the 30,000 polyphenylene bensobisoxazole fibres that go into each one are half the weight yet have three times the strength of stainless steel. Not only that, Spinergy says its PBO spokes make for more comfortable wheels and hence can help reduce rider fatigue by creating a smoother ride Of course this would all…

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Cyclist Off Road (Digital) - 1 Issue, Autumn 2020

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