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- From: jwgst2+@pitt.edu (James W Gourgoutis)
- Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech
- Subject: Re: Spoke Tension by hand
- Message-ID: <2265@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 14:46:20 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.33520.17676@kei.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1jlnp2INNebi@hpscit.sc.hp.com>
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- In article <1jlnp2INNebi@hpscit.sc.hp.com> tim%hpcpbla.bri.hp.com@hplb.hpl.hp.com writes:
- >I don't know why they do this, it adds work to building a rim, you have to
- >bend the spokes and you can never get them straight again, you can't judge
- >tension by plucking and if a spoke breaks the one it crosses goes slack as
- >well.
- >
- Jobst may have something to add to this, but when I built my first
- wheel using the instructions in _Effective_Cycling_, it mentioned that
- "lacing" the spokes in this manner (interweaving them as opposed to not)
- creates a stronger wheel. Mr. Forester even went so far as to discuss tieing
- the spokes at this point, either with some strong thread and epoxy, or using
- solder, if I recall correctly. This was recommended for heavy riders or for
- use on tandems.
- For what it's worth, I've only *ever* seen one wheel that wasn't laced,
- on a cheapo department store bike (the rear wheel).
-
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- James Gourgoutis
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- 25 minutes to decide which bike
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