Wheel building query

[w00hoo_kent]

OK, ta.

 

[the snail]

I think you are visualizing the "hub hangs from the top spokes" scenario with respect to spoked wheels. This isn't how a wheel works. The only change of tension is between the hub and the road. The hub pushes against the road and the road pushes back - all via the spokes. The spokes above the hub don't come into the equation. The only spokes that are affected by a load are the two or three at the bottom of the wheel in the so-called load affected zone. The stronger the rim, the bigger the zone and vice versa.

That's cobblers.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

That's cobblers.

What does that mean?

 

[Tim Hall]

What does that mean?

Cobblers is rhyming slang. Cobblers > Cobblers' awls > balls. I'd say @the snail feels your explanation is erroneous.

(Presumably you're not from around these parts)

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Cobblers is rhyming slang. Cobblers > Cobblers' awls > balls. I'd say @the snail feels your explanation is erroneous.

(Presumably you're not from around these parts)

No, not from here. But thanks for the explanation, china.
The Snail probably just doesn't understand wire-spoked wheels. They operate counter-intuitively.

 

[S.Giles]

That's cobblers.

Ah, all those evenings at the debating society finally paying off!

 

[atlantis]

Wow ! thats a lot of information ! Lemme go through it in detail, I would like to savour the knowledge base.

 

[PpPete]

I would like to savour the knowledge base.

And the pungent aroma of self-aggrandising BS?