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Bent Wheels... common during HPDE?

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Old 12-22-2017, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by davidfarmer
18x10.5 c5 speed lines are 18lbs, amazingling light. I bent one at Road Atlanta last year, caught it HARD on the backside of the turn 10a apex curb (heavy traffic). I've never bent one in 25 years of normal driving on track even with heavy curb usage. The tire can absorb and distribute a huge amount of energy
10a is killer on wheels. It is basically a man hole now and if you catch it so that you drag the wheel back onto the curb, it will do some damage. Apparently 3 is getting to be just about as bad, as I bent a wheel there back in August. You either have to only touch the curbing or really commit and damn-near put the outside wheel on the curb so you clear the big dips with your inside wheel.



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