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Originally Posted by rvoll
In fact, the dampers were designed for the weight of stock wheels so you actually lose some of the "balance" by going very light.
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I may be missing something, but I think that statement is incorrect under most circumstances.
My understanding is that dampers exert force in a direction counter to movement and proportional to the speed of that movement. Therefore a change in their behavior is only affected by the speed at which the wheel goes up and down. Considering that the vertical motion of the wheel is constrained to the ground, that speed shouldn't really be affected by the weight of the wheel.
Now we could get into tire sidewall flex when hitting a bump for example, but that gets a bit too complicated for a forum post lol. Also, you are better off with lighter wheels if a wheel gets airborne by my understanding as well.