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Here's the question which was posed in last month's "The Engineer", and which I posted to RBT for
the amusement and delight of the patrons here.
"Stan the cyclist is keen to stay abreast of latest developments so purchased a hi-tech carbon fibre
rear wheel with 16 radial spokes equally spaced and alternating eight to each side of the hub. The
wheel builder has centred the rim and trued the wheel and then torqued up the spokes to give a
tension of 125kg (sic) per spoke. As Stan lowers his 75kg onto the saddle he wonders what the
tension is in the spokes now.
Well the proposed answer has now been printed:
"The load in the spokes does not change until the imposed load exceeds the preload - so as the
cyclist weighs less than the preload, the spokes remain tensioned to 125kg".
This doesn't add up as far as I can see - perhaps "The Engineer"'s letters page has been a bit
slow lately...
Vic.
the amusement and delight of the patrons here.
"Stan the cyclist is keen to stay abreast of latest developments so purchased a hi-tech carbon fibre
rear wheel with 16 radial spokes equally spaced and alternating eight to each side of the hub. The
wheel builder has centred the rim and trued the wheel and then torqued up the spokes to give a
tension of 125kg (sic) per spoke. As Stan lowers his 75kg onto the saddle he wonders what the
tension is in the spokes now.
Well the proposed answer has now been printed:
"The load in the spokes does not change until the imposed load exceeds the preload - so as the
cyclist weighs less than the preload, the spokes remain tensioned to 125kg".
This doesn't add up as far as I can see - perhaps "The Engineer"'s letters page has been a bit
slow lately...
Vic.