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on 2012-Apr-15 11:39:33 aepibuggy said A bag on Sunday of truck weekend? -
on 2012-Apr-15 12:00:21 Sam Swift said I'm pretty sure the bag was because they were doing a pass test trying to get Zephyrus qualified. I agree though, bags on truck weekend are distasteful -
on 2012-Apr-15 12:12:17 aepibuggy said That was my first thought, but then I didn't see Zephyrus in any photos from today. That, plus not seeing photos of Zephyrus yesterday, Zephyrus not being out last week, it still needing 6 rolls, and the Zero Error wheels on Kamikaze as opposed to slower wheels, all made me think that something else was going on.
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on 2012-Apr-15 13:08:42 the cook said given the amount of moisture on the track I wouldn't blame anyone for running a bag
urethane does not appreciate water, not even a little bit
when everyone used rubber tires this amount of wetness mattered only a little.
I remember a sodden raceday early in the xootr era where all three buggies in the first heat spun, at which point the chairman reconsidered. -
on 2012-Apr-15 14:46:42 Jake Reid said It was a pass test. -
on 2012-Apr-15 16:53:43 Zatchmo said Which only leaves the question of 'Why?' -
on 2012-Apr-15 23:16:13 Jake Reid said That way we get to roll the buggy on raceday. They don't let you do that if you don't do a pass test.
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on 2012-Apr-16 01:13:44 Jerry said What I'm curious about is why some ZE's (AEPi, PiKA) have five spokes while others (Fringe, SDC?) have four. It seems like the weight difference would be almost negligible for the increase in strength? -
on 2012-Apr-16 02:29:12 chayes said Just cuz they look like zero errors does not mean they are? -
on 2012-Apr-16 02:33:41 Ben Matzke said generally, yes -
on 2012-Apr-16 16:12:45 Jaime said Also, because Zero Error says so themselves.
http://www.zero-error.com/gravity_racing_wheels.php -
on 2012-Apr-16 16:58:25 the cook said the earliest ZE wheels were all four spoke. Not sure if they have made more 4 spoke wheels since then. The 5 spoke are considerably stronger, and weigh more.