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Offline RedRobin

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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #45 on: September 12, 2009, 06:23:01 pm »
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I used to be on The Committee of my local Sea Angling Club and have access to officially calibrated scales - I shall be weighing my OZ Alleggerita's when they arrive and comparing the weight with that stated on their tags.
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #46 on: September 12, 2009, 06:41:27 pm »
ok just weighed a front wheel on different scales and fitted with a dunlop sport maxx tyre and 60g of weights and it weighed in at 20.6kg  , weighed the original pascara and michelin tyre on these scales too and they are bang on 20kg again. surely 2 sets of scales cant be out, are you sure your scales are ok?

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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #47 on: September 12, 2009, 06:45:42 pm »
Quote from: BMX on September 12, 2009, 06:41:27 pm

surely 2 sets of scales cant be out, are you sure your scales are ok?


....100's, even 1,000's of scales can be out. The only scales which are reliably accurate are those which are regularly calibrated by an official body.
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #48 on: September 12, 2009, 06:58:37 pm »
Quote from: RedRobin on September 12, 2009, 06:45:42 pm
Quote from: BMX on September 12, 2009, 06:41:27 pm

surely 2 sets of scales cant be out, are you sure your scales are ok?


....100's, even 1,000's of scales can be out. The only scales which are reliably accurate are those which are regularly calibrated by an official body.

I agree with Robin ask any woman whether the scales work properly.  :scared:
Just thinking on though doesn't this make a mockery of the Vital corner weighting which is imperative on a properly set up fast road car.  :innocent:
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #49 on: September 12, 2009, 07:03:04 pm »
i weiged mine on a digital set and my mums oldie worldie set. iam gonna go to my dads and use his. i recon hurdy needs some new scales personaly  :laugh:
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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #50 on: September 12, 2009, 07:13:03 pm »
Quote from: Top Cat on September 12, 2009, 06:58:37 pm
Quote from: RedRobin on September 12, 2009, 06:45:42 pm
Quote from: BMX on September 12, 2009, 06:41:27 pm

surely 2 sets of scales cant be out, are you sure your scales are ok?


....100's, even 1,000's of scales can be out. The only scales which are reliably accurate are those which are regularly calibrated by an official body.

I agree with Robin ask any woman whether the scales work properly.  :scared:

Just thinking on though doesn't this make a mockery of the Vital corner weighting which is imperative on a properly set up fast road car.  :innocent:


....Love your women on scales analogy, TC :congrats: :laugh: Nice1

I was only making the point that 2 scales don't prove anything.

What's important about corner weighting (as I understand it) is the relative weights to each other at the corners. 

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Re: Track wheels finally here!
« Reply #51 on: September 12, 2009, 08:12:33 pm »
Quote from: BMX on September 12, 2009, 07:03:04 pm
i weiged mine on a digital set and my mums oldie worldie set. iam gonna go to my dads and use his. i recon hurdy needs some new scales personaly  :laugh:

They aren't the best, but accurate enough when you look at the tyres and wheel advertised weight, so good enough for me :happy2:
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