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Originally Posted by pkim1079
Hmm. I guess since i also prefer one piece wheels for strength this would be good as a one piece too?
I guess also although it will break instead of deform, the amount of force it can take exceeds that of a conventional wheel?
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There's no reason that a carbon wheel wouldn't be one piece, unlike those silly Dymags of yesteryear. You can layup the mold to join the rim face to the barrel.
Strength obviously depends on the manufacturing goals, but with things like bike forks and rims, the failure strength tends to be magnitudes better than aluminum while weighing a good bit less. Given equal weight, you'd likely have three to four times the strength, sacrifice to say 30% less weight and you'd likely still retain 1.5-2x the strength of aluminum.
I'm not saying I want to be the first one to curb one though!