I have seen people argue over this for years, decades really. Look at the pictures and you will see that they went out of their way to lighten these parts, some of which have a small rotating diameter. These are all Porsche (I see the "Italy" on the hub...it's for Porsche).
Lighter is better for acceleration, deceleration, and handling (lateral acceleration).
Do these help as much as a lightened flywheel? No....but it adds up quickly. I am putting pictures here so you can see just how serious the engineers were about rotational weight/any weight.
There is a discussion on this, but I lost where it was
Anyone who has ridden a mountain bike with knobs and then went to a street tread can tell you that the farther out weight is from center, the more it effects acceleration and deceleration, not even to mention gyroscopic forces(which are extreme)
Lighter is better for acceleration, deceleration, and handling (lateral acceleration).
Do these help as much as a lightened flywheel? No....but it adds up quickly. I am putting pictures here so you can see just how serious the engineers were about rotational weight/any weight.
There is a discussion on this, but I lost where it was
Anyone who has ridden a mountain bike with knobs and then went to a street tread can tell you that the farther out weight is from center, the more it effects acceleration and deceleration, not even to mention gyroscopic forces(which are extreme)
