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Originally Posted by JamesCH95
One could take some tubing, machine a rim profile into it, then use radially oriented bolts to connect it to a spider (hub and spokes) made of a different material. This eliminates the (IMHO) silly practice of milling a huge chunk of billet into a wheel, which is just not practical in the real world.
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Really?
There are many industries where machining a wheel from billet is *exactly* what they would do, hands down, everytime (it'd certainly be cheaper and faster than carbon fiber, which those same industries would also not hesitate to do).
For most mass production purposes, they might not be cost effective (really depends on the size, and the value to the user the wheels provide), but they easily could be.
Also, they're clearly cost effective for AndyMark, priced at a point verrrrry tempting for teams.