Re: wires

["Paul Bayly" <thebaylys@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Comparing wire wheels on a bicycle to those on a tricycle or quadracycle is
quite unfair.  The forces on a bicycle wheel are normally transferred from
the rim along the spoke to the hub.  This happens in a turn as the wheel
leans the approriate amount (vector ?) to make it so.

The forces on a car wheel in a turn effectively try to punch the hub out of
line with the rim.  Try making a billy-cart with cycle wheels and see what
happens in a hard turn.

The inventor of the spoked wheel remains, in my mind anyway, a genius of the
first order.

Beatle
Oz
'89 75TS (with alloy wheels)
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