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Fancy Spoke Work on Touring Cycle
I'm used to the old style radial spokes (3-cross?) on concentional
cycle wheels. But recently at Paddington I saw a tourist with weird spokes on her bike. These were not only interlaced but pairs were also twisted around each other about four times thus forming a series of Y and inverted Y shapes. This arrangement would have been a nightmare to replace a broken spoke. So what's the advantages - if any? CJB. |
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On 13 May, 23:45, CJB wrote:
I'm used to the old style radial spokes (3-cross?) on concentional cycle wheels. But recently at Paddington I saw a tourist with weird spokes on her bike. These were not only interlaced but pairs were also twisted around each other about four times thus forming a series of Y and inverted Y shapes. This arrangement would have been a nightmare to replace a broken spoke. So what's the advantages - if any? CJB. Twinkle factor, gets you noticed. |
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Fancy Spoke Work on Touring Cycle
On Thu, 13 May 2010 15:45:09 -0700 (PDT), CJB
wrote: I'm used to the old style radial spokes (3-cross?) on concentional cycle wheels. But recently at Paddington I saw a tourist with weird spokes on her bike. These were not only interlaced but pairs were also twisted around each other about four times thus forming a series of Y and inverted Y shapes. This arrangement would have been a nightmare to replace a broken spoke. So what's the advantages - if any? CJB. I've seen that too. It looks silly. |
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On Thu, 13 May 2010 15:45:09 -0700 (PDT), CJB wrote:
I'm used to the old style radial spokes (3-cross?) You probably mean 3-cross, 'radial' means 0-cross. cycle wheels. But recently at Paddington I saw a tourist with weird spokes on her bike. These were not only interlaced but pairs were also twisted around each other about four times thus forming a series of Y and inverted Y shapes. This arrangement would have been a nightmare to replace a broken spoke. So what's the advantages - if any? CJB. The sole advantage is that it makes it noticeable. It seems to have worked, since you noticed it. It's called 'snowflake'. http://www.lfgss.com/thread8347.html Other abominations you can try are 'crows foot' and '3 leading 3 trailing'. You can also do different flanges to different patterns if you like. regards, Ian SMith -- |\ /| no .sig |o o| |/ \| |
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CJB wrote:
So what's the advantages - if any? CJB. Bling! Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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On May 14, 9:54*am, Peter Clinch wrote:
CJB wrote: *So what's the advantages - if any? CJB. Bling! Pete. -- Peter Clinch * * * * * * * * * *Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 * Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 * * * * * * *Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net * *http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ Thanks for the info. I was a bit into culture shock when I saw this recently. Found this link too: http://www.instructables.com/id/Twis...---flowers%21/ Ooer - in my day we didn't do 'bling' on bikes!! Well not so OTT anyway. BUT I wonder how 'safe' the lacings actually are. I mean like freewheeling down from Ditchling Beacon at the end of the L2B ride. Or making sharp corner turns to avoid errant black cabs in London. Or bouncing over the ever increasing potholes in our third-world roads. Or during a bit of 'rough stuff' across the moors. Hmm - I think I'll stay old-fashioned and hopefully safe!! Chris B. |
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On 14 May, 10:52, CJB wrote:
Ooer - in my day we didn't do 'bling' on bikes!! Well not so OTT anyway. BUT I wonder how 'safe' the lacings actually are. It would necessitate a modification to the rim's nipple seats in my eyes. I mean like freewheeling down from Ditchling Beacon at the end of the L2B ride. Or making sharp corner turns to avoid errant black cabs in London. Or bouncing over the ever increasing potholes in our third-world roads. Or during a bit of 'rough stuff' across the moors. Hmm - I think I'll stay old-fashioned and hopefully safe!! Tried and trusted. |
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