Chad.
We agree on the properties, I think! You, because of your superior engineering knowledge. My limited knowledge of Mag has been from USING the damned stuff.
For me, there WERE weight advantages no matter HOW small. Why? Because I had difficulty getting DOWN to the weight! Anyone who adds lead will simply add MORE lead if they use lighter wheels. The suggested advantages to the 'rotational mass' are so LUDICROUSLY small as to be a JOKE! Such rotation-mass improvements cry OUT for us to use 'lathed tyres' becasue they would give MUCH bigger rotational-mass reductions.
On a funny side, you have to laugh when you hear the claim about Magnesium wheels keeping the tyre temp more stable over a longer period. That's an impressive trick.... for a material and construction that has NO ability to alter its heat absorption/release to act in the manner of some form of 'thermostat'! To read the collective ideas on the subject... we appear to have a material that:-
* absorbs heat faster A*N*D slower than AliAlloy * also manages to dissipates heat FASTER a*n*d SLOWER than AliAlloy at the same time * It also manages to let heat propagate faster AND slower than AliAlloy at the same time!
... and we thought we were only just inventing 'intelligent' materials! Magnesium has obviously been a 'thinking' material for YEARS!
Ian
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