Wire wheels again

["Larry Rose" <LRose@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Not to beat this into the ground, but I was thinking . . .

The "preferred" engineering alternative to wire wheels on bicycles (and some
motor cycles) is now solid discs, and folks have said that "solid" steel
wheels (as lighten and vented with holes) are the preferred alternative for
vintage sports cars, so here's my question:

Aren't all the same "faults" identified for wire wheels present in modern
alloys that use a variation of the spoke-and-hub pattern?  I was thinking
initially of the modern after-market wheels that have eight "spokes," but I
assume the same forces apply to the old BWA four spoke wheels.

I presume the answer is that the strength of modern alloys makes the old wire
wheel concerns moot, but the forces are the same, aren't they?



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