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Mark Hickey
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"Wayne T" <[email protected]> wrote:
>If the straight guage is stronger wouldn't it be more durable than double butted under heavy loads?
Imagine using 500 pound test fishing line with two fishing rods.
One rod is made from a 1/2 inch thick carbon fiber hollow tube all the way to the top.
The other is a "normal fishing pole", tapering from 1/2" at the base to almost nothing at the tip..
"Riding" consists of getting the hook snagged on something solid and whipping the pole back and
forth trying to free it.
The thick rod is the straight 14g spoke, while the thin rod is the butted spoke. It's pretty obvious
the stresses on the pole at the handle will be MUCH higher for the thick non-tapered rod, and it
will be much more likely to break as you pull. The stresses will be distributed along the length of
the thinner fishing rod and it won't break, even though it's "not as strong" as that thick,
non-tapered rod.
Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame
>If the straight guage is stronger wouldn't it be more durable than double butted under heavy loads?
Imagine using 500 pound test fishing line with two fishing rods.
One rod is made from a 1/2 inch thick carbon fiber hollow tube all the way to the top.
The other is a "normal fishing pole", tapering from 1/2" at the base to almost nothing at the tip..
"Riding" consists of getting the hook snagged on something solid and whipping the pole back and
forth trying to free it.
The thick rod is the straight 14g spoke, while the thin rod is the butted spoke. It's pretty obvious
the stresses on the pole at the handle will be MUCH higher for the thick non-tapered rod, and it
will be much more likely to break as you pull. The stresses will be distributed along the length of
the thinner fishing rod and it won't break, even though it's "not as strong" as that thick,
non-tapered rod.
Mark Hickey Habanero Cycles http://www.habcycles.com Home of the $695 ti frame