sogood wrote:Mine doesn't go loose but the tension on the skewer can affect it. So I usually do an adjustment with the wheels locked in and then each time use the same tension setting on the skewers. Seemed to work well.
This is the secret to correct adjustment. The final adjustment should be done on the bike itself as the compression effect of a closed skewer causes the locknuts & cones to squeeze together just that tiny little bit & throw your carefully set adjustment right out the window.
So it's fit, test, release, adjust, re-lock the skewer, retest, then release, re-adjust etc untill it's perfect.
Nowhere as hard as it sounds if you have the right tools & attitude.
sogood wrote:I'd say that 347g is sans skewer weight.
If you check WW, they are listing that same hub for around 410g with skewer. So there you go, opportunity to swap in that 25g skewer of your.
When it comes to weight in wheels, I still ponder what it is that we are actually weighing.
Is it the mass of the whole wheel assembly complete? If so, then why leave out the skewer? [when used]
Is it the rotating mass of the wheel? If so, then why include the axle & cones?
If just bare overall weight of the finished bike is so important, then a laxative before riding would help as would leaving the bidon behind, but we never do these [well I don't] so it's really the rotating mass of the wheel that is really the important component
If we are looking for a 'lively' wheel, then surely we need to reduce the mass of the rim as this is where the greatest inertia is. [flywheel effect] This is the part that sees the greatest linear acceleration rates while the hub mass, being located so much closer to the center, will offer much less rotational inertia, gramme for gramme, so a wheel with a heavier hub & light rim would [theoretically] perform better than an identical weight wheel with light hub & heavier rim.
What I'm saying here is that it's not just the actual weight of the wheel by itself, that affects performance, but where the weight is located.
Your thoughts?