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Originally Posted by gtengr
My take is that wheel weight loss is nearly equivalent to static weight loss because the angular acceleration rate is so low compared to the flywheel. Less weight is also easier for the shock to control. As noted earlier, stiffness is also a factor, but at the same time not really an actionable one since wheel stiffness data is not easily obtained.
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I have experience designing wheels for motorcycles, designed up a car wheel in CAD and I came up with a factor of 1.25 for effective weight reduction accounting for mass and polar moment of inertia. So wheels that are 6 lb. lighter each, 24 lb. overall, should improve acceleration as if 30 lb. had been lost. I.e., not a detectable difference in acceleration...
Even flywheel mass reduction isn't all that effective as far as outright acceleration goes. Bigger difference is in shifting