Volkswagen & Sram?

[Mike V]

What the L????

https://www.sram.com/sites/default/files/styles/product_small/public/images/products/cranksets/s902_crank.jpg?itok=QGB4pN1s

http://wpmedia.driving.ca/2018/04/driving-volkswagen-id-r-pikes-peak-7.jpg?quality=99&strip=all&w=1024

[Black Dog]

Convergence.

[likebikes]

i don't get it

[cadence90]

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[Andy sti]

That’s pretty funny. Wonder how that came about?

Watched some videos of that car doing the race - insane!

[Mark McM]

That’s pretty funny. Wonder how that came about?

Just like the Zipp 454 wheels, the shape was inspired by tubercles on the pectoral fins of humpback whales:

https://www.zipp.com/_media/images/wheels/technology/sawtooth-detail_updated-lg.jpg

https://biomimicry2016.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/whale1.png?w=768


The real question is: Why didn't the whaletail Porsche have these wheels?

https://madwhips.s3.amazonaws.com/photo_1_whale_tail_porsche_911_carrera_4_1_8759_or iginal.jpg

[v531xc]

bc those Fuchs mags are sooo much cooler