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Bill Wheeler
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On the site http://www.damonrinard.com/spocalc.htm This is a link off of the one and only Sheldon
Brown's page.
There is a section about compensating the spoke length due to the spoke hole lateral offset if the
spoke holes are asymmetrical. In my newbe/wannabe/soontobe wheel building opinion, I think there may
be something wrong with this particular way to compensate for the spoke hole lateral offset.
Logically here is what I would want to do:
What I would want to accomplish is to shorten the spoke length on both sides of the wheel due to the
offset spoke holes.
The holes on the rim that are offset to the left are attached to the left side of the hub by the
spokes and vice versa. It seems that it would take a longer spoke from either side of the hub flange
to reach a hole in the center of the rim and a shorter spoke to reach a spoke hole that is offset in
the direction of the hub flange.
The web page says something a little different that would effectively shorten the spoke length on
one side of the wheel and lengthen it on the other side to compensate for the offset.
The need for different spoke lengths is needed to accommodate dishing, but dishing is not the
issue here.
I'm new at this and maybe I'm missing something but I think I may also be right.
Please let me know what you think.
Can't wait for may books, Bill
The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give
an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
:-]
Brown's page.
There is a section about compensating the spoke length due to the spoke hole lateral offset if the
spoke holes are asymmetrical. In my newbe/wannabe/soontobe wheel building opinion, I think there may
be something wrong with this particular way to compensate for the spoke hole lateral offset.
Logically here is what I would want to do:
What I would want to accomplish is to shorten the spoke length on both sides of the wheel due to the
offset spoke holes.
The holes on the rim that are offset to the left are attached to the left side of the hub by the
spokes and vice versa. It seems that it would take a longer spoke from either side of the hub flange
to reach a hole in the center of the rim and a shorter spoke to reach a spoke hole that is offset in
the direction of the hub flange.
The web page says something a little different that would effectively shorten the spoke length on
one side of the wheel and lengthen it on the other side to compensate for the offset.
The need for different spoke lengths is needed to accommodate dishing, but dishing is not the
issue here.
I'm new at this and maybe I'm missing something but I think I may also be right.
Please let me know what you think.
Can't wait for may books, Bill
The mind serves properly as a window glass rather than as a reflector, that is, the mind should give
an immediate view instead of an interpretation of the world.
:-]