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Bicycle Wheel
Bicycle Wheel is mostly made out of wire and sits in a wheel set that help make the bike go. If your wheel is not in good shape than you will not be having a good time riding your bike. They are integral to the bicycle.
Bicycle Wheel use semi-aerodynamic and aerodynamic wheel sets are now commonplace for road bicycles. Aluminum rims are still the most common, but carbon fiber is also becoming popular. Carbon fiber is also finding use in hub shells to reduce weight; however, because of the hub's proximity to the center of rotation reducing the hub's weight has less inertial effect than reducing the rim's weight.
Bicycle Wheel also includes Mountain Bike wheels. 26-inch clincher tires (with inner tubes) are the most common wheel size for off-road "mountain" bikes. This tradition was started initially because the early mountain bike pioneers procured the wheels for their early bikes from American-made bicycles rather than the larger European standards in use.
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