disk brakes and NOISY spoke pinging..
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Wait.. are you saying that there's enough friction between laced spokes to prevent them from moving longitudinally? The physics nerd in me says that doesn't make any sense. The only pressure between the spokes, the normal force, is pretty small compared to any changes in tension forces under braking or riding.
Now look at a traditional J-bend spoke with interlaced spokes that are braced where they cross. You can see the bend of the spoke at the green arrow. The outer spoke is also slightly bent. That presses the spokes together and doesn’t allow them to move all that easily. It would be difficult to slip anything between those spokes because of the tension between them.
This picture that streetsurfer posted from your video shows that there is significant movement in your spokes. I’m assuming that this wear is at the spoke contact point low on your wheels.
zip ties are a cheap and easy test, so I'll give it a try. I could use safety wire, but it's pretty sharp and I don't want to damage the spokes.
Is the intent to put enough friction between the spokes so they don't slide against each other, or to damp vibration?
The former seems.... really hard.
Is the intent to put enough friction between the spokes so they don't slide against each other, or to damp vibration?
The former seems.... really hard.
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Stuart Black
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Old School…When It Wasn’t Ancient bikepacking
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!