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Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-18-22, 11:17 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,332
Posted By Andrew R Stewart

I don't think Brandt said this ("should be")....

I don't think Brandt said this ("should be"). "Because spokes are usually tensioned no higher than 1/3 their yield stress" (cut and paste from the link) is the reference I see. And the word "usually"...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-18-22, 09:08 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,332
Posted By Andrew R Stewart

"ear balling" This is a great phrase!...

"ear balling"

This is a great phrase! Andy
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-18-22, 04:50 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,332
Posted By Andrew R Stewart

Back in the early 1980s my cousin, John Allen,...

Back in the early 1980s my cousin, John Allen, penned an article (in Bike World) about using pluck tones to both true and gage spoke tensions in a wheel. It had too much math for me to follow, even...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-17-22, 08:01 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,332
Posted By Andrew R Stewart

I don't think I have ever seen spoke manufacture...

I don't think I have ever seen spoke manufacture tension suggestions/limits, rims sure, hubs WRT lacing/cross pattern sort of. But I cant say I've heard of a spoke brand stating limits.

Can you...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-17-22, 05:21 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,332
Posted By Andrew R Stewart

"durable" or "resilient" Two terms that have...

"durable" or "resilient" Two terms that have very important contributions as to how our bikes feel and last, which unfortunately have fallen out of favor. Andy
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
06-17-22, 08:20 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,332
Posted By Andrew R Stewart

Thinner spokes have more elasticity and will...

Thinner spokes have more elasticity and will stretch more for the same tension. Thus as the rim is compressed in to the hub (from the weight and ground contact), or as the wheel is flexed laterally,...
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