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Johnny Sunset aka Tom Sherman
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Don Barcode who? wrote:
> Hey guys I have this idea for a 16 spoke wheel Its just take a normal 32
> spoke wheel, and remove half the spokes. Will it work? Will the empty
> holes be a problem? thanks
This was done on the front wheels of some BikeE models. The wheels
worked fine, since 18 spokes are plenty for an ISO 305-mm wheel, since
there will be about the same length of rim between spokes as on a
36-spoke ISO 622-mm (700C) wheel. The front wheel also carried about 20
to 30% of the total weight.
Your problems will be due to too few spokes, not empty spoke holes, if
you try this on a larger rim. Note that boutique low spoke count wheels
generally have heavy rims to compensate for the lack of spokes.
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Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
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> Hey guys I have this idea for a 16 spoke wheel Its just take a normal 32
> spoke wheel, and remove half the spokes. Will it work? Will the empty
> holes be a problem? thanks
This was done on the front wheels of some BikeE models. The wheels
worked fine, since 18 spokes are plenty for an ISO 305-mm wheel, since
there will be about the same length of rim between spokes as on a
36-spoke ISO 622-mm (700C) wheel. The front wheel also carried about 20
to 30% of the total weight.
Your problems will be due to too few spokes, not empty spoke holes, if
you try this on a larger rim. Note that boutique low spoke count wheels
generally have heavy rims to compensate for the lack of spokes.
--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
The weather is here, wish you were beautiful
--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com