[DeTomaso] New Wheel Shopping

[Charles Engles]

Dear Art,


                 Three 2500 mile round trips to Vegas.    Five, maybe six, 
road rallies to New Mexico for 2000 mile round trips plus several five 
hundred milers and fifty thousand + miles over twenty + years has resulted 
in *one* flat tire.   No wheel issues ever on Campys or three piece Kinesis 
or Gotti wheels........

                  I would suggest that worrying about wheel failure is the 
least of your worries on a long road trip.   I would suggest bigger concerns 
are electrical, push rods, air conditioning compressor,   and  misbehaving 
headlights.


                       Get what you like in wheels,  Chuck Engles




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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "astephens" <artstephens at charter.net>
To: <johnmaffeo1 at yahoo.com>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New Wheel Shopping


> Thanks John,
>     My biggest concern with the light weight wheels is damaging one when 
> I'm say,  a thousand miles from home.  Being stuck in the middle of 
> nowhere with a bad wheel does not sound like fun.  What is the experience 
> of people out there?  How many guys have damaged a wheel to the point that 
> it wouldn't hold air?
>
> Art
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Maffeo" <johnmaffeo1 at yahoo.com>
> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>; "astephens" <artstephens at charter.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New Wheel Shopping
>
>
> A few people, including me, have these. EXTREMELY light and they look 
> great too.
>
> http://www.kodiakracingwheels.com/
>
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 10/9/08, astephens <artstephens at charter.net> wrote:
>
> From: astephens <artstephens at charter.net>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] New Wheel Shopping
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 9:43 AM
>
> Hey Guys,
>     I was very happy with the Wilkinson wheels I had on 4268.  They were
> 17x8 and 18x9.5 Campy style.  The only thing I didn't like about them was
> the weight,  they were heavy, as I'm sure all the other Campy copies are.
> I
> haven't seen another wheel out there that I liked as much as Steve's
> wheels,
> but if I found something lighter that I liked,  I would consider them.  If
> you guys know of any alternatives,  please let me know,  otherwise I'll
> order another set just like I had.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Art
>
>
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