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On Dec 8, 11:11 am, [email protected] wrote:
> On Dec 7, 8:40 pm, Tom Sherman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > > On Dec 6, 8:12 pm, Tom Sherman <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >> [email protected] aka Billy Joe Clark wrote:
>
> > >>> ...
> > >>> I am 6'2" and weigh 320 lbs. I have a worksman PAV3 3CB and I love
> > >>> it. The PAV3 is heavy and well built. The spokes are 11 g[au]ge (big
> > >>> and strong)....
> > >> Is the rim sufficiently strong to allow normal tension levels in these
> > >> thicker than normal spokes? If not, they are worse for durability and
> > >> wheel strength than thinner spokes, as they will lose their pretension
> > >> at a lesser rim deflection than thinner spokes would.
>
> > >> The thicker spoke only really helps in fatigue resistance at the elbow,
> > >> which is why higher quality spokes are butted, to allow for a higher
> > >> strain in the straight portion of the spoke.
>
> > >> --
> > >> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> > >> "Localized intense suction such as tornadoes is created when temperature
> > >> differences are high enough between meeting air masses, and can impart
> > >> excessive energy onto a cyclist." - Randy Schlitter
>
> > > The rims are 50% thicker than normal rims. I've heard nothing but
> > > good things about worksman cycles. They have been business 100
> > > years. Go to worksman.com and click on PAV 3.
>
> > How do the thicker rims compare to "normal" rims in moment of inertia?
>
> > --
> > Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> > "Localized intense suction such as tornadoes is created when temperature
> > differences are high enough between meeting air masses, and can impart
> > excessive energy onto a cyclist." - Randy Schlitter
>
> I am not going to debate this with you. If you wish to debate this,
> contact worksman.com and advise them of your expertise. They may wish
> to employ you in R & D.
In Sherman's case, that would be "Removal & Disposal". ;-)
> On Dec 7, 8:40 pm, Tom Sherman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > [email protected] wrote:
> > > On Dec 6, 8:12 pm, Tom Sherman <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >> [email protected] aka Billy Joe Clark wrote:
>
> > >>> ...
> > >>> I am 6'2" and weigh 320 lbs. I have a worksman PAV3 3CB and I love
> > >>> it. The PAV3 is heavy and well built. The spokes are 11 g[au]ge (big
> > >>> and strong)....
> > >> Is the rim sufficiently strong to allow normal tension levels in these
> > >> thicker than normal spokes? If not, they are worse for durability and
> > >> wheel strength than thinner spokes, as they will lose their pretension
> > >> at a lesser rim deflection than thinner spokes would.
>
> > >> The thicker spoke only really helps in fatigue resistance at the elbow,
> > >> which is why higher quality spokes are butted, to allow for a higher
> > >> strain in the straight portion of the spoke.
>
> > >> --
> > >> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> > >> "Localized intense suction such as tornadoes is created when temperature
> > >> differences are high enough between meeting air masses, and can impart
> > >> excessive energy onto a cyclist." - Randy Schlitter
>
> > > The rims are 50% thicker than normal rims. I've heard nothing but
> > > good things about worksman cycles. They have been business 100
> > > years. Go to worksman.com and click on PAV 3.
>
> > How do the thicker rims compare to "normal" rims in moment of inertia?
>
> > --
> > Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> > "Localized intense suction such as tornadoes is created when temperature
> > differences are high enough between meeting air masses, and can impart
> > excessive energy onto a cyclist." - Randy Schlitter
>
> I am not going to debate this with you. If you wish to debate this,
> contact worksman.com and advise them of your expertise. They may wish
> to employ you in R & D.
In Sherman's case, that would be "Removal & Disposal". ;-)
