What lacing pattern and spokes to choose for a durable wheel – i.e. how to prevent your spokes from breaking?
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Spokes
Do spokes break from too much load? Spoke breaking under tension
A simple, short experiment on how much load a single spoke can take before breaking.
Experiment: do left hand side spokes of rear bicycle wheels carry driving load (torque)?
An experiment measuring whether the non-drive-side spokes also transfer the pedalling torque (or is it just the drive side spokes).
An experiment measuring whether the non-drive-side spokes also transfer the pedalling torque (or is it just the drive side spokes).
Bicycle wheel building [03] – Measuring and calculating spoke lengths
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How to measure and calculate the optimal spoke length for building a bicycle wheel.
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