Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - spoke cards / 2x wheels

spokes don't touch where they cross (mavic ellipse)...how can I run me some spoke cards without damaging the cards?

don't run spoke cards. you're not a messenger.

Clothespins

Bits of packing tape?

Only messengers can run alleycat spokecards? Clothespins are too 4rth grade-ish. I'll try tape or glue I guess.

zip ties?
safety wire?

spokes don't touch where they cross (mavic ellipse)...how can I run me some spoke cards without damaging the cards?

tape...

posting on the internet on how to "run" spoke cards...


wow. i've now seen(read) it all!

just save the cards for another wheelset.


don't run spoke cards. you're not a messenger.

what if you ride in messenger alleycats?

buy another wheelset phils laced to deep v are concidered as übercool,no radial spoked pattern nor shamals, ellipse, zipp, hed, aerospoke, spinergy, corima, spin, mavic iO, disc wheels, fir four or five spokes thats kindergarden.

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i wonder if theyve figured out how to put spoke cards on arrospokes yet

this thread is ridiculous

don't run spoke cards. you're not a messenger.

...and clearly you are ignorant.
Spoke cards come from a variety of different events, none of which have anything to do with being a messenger. Sometimes they are even for, I know its ridiculous, decoration. I hope you dont have anything on the walls of wherever you live unless you are a painter, photographer or artist, and I hope you dont have furniture unless you are a furniture maker, or heaven forbid plants unless you are a botonist.

i always assumed that spoke cards were analogous to bumper stickers on a car, only kool kids have bumper stickers!

who cares if he's a messenger or not? metric tons of people put spoke cards in their wheels these days.

that said, if you wheels don't pinch the card where the spokes meet, then don't put them in your wheel, or build a 36 spoke 3x

don't run spoke cards. you're not a messenger.

don't post on message boards. you're not a messenger.

buy a box of tarot cards and glue them into a disc wheel. man, that's coooool

Well my obama cards arrived yesterday, that's when I noticed the spokes don't touch where they cross, and I've had those wheels for ~2 years. Also, should I run obama brakeless? What is the best obama skid pattern?

skid pattern? that last joke doesn't work.

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/3930/18106400id2.jpg


Made in Germany, you know the Germans always make good stuff.

that shamwow guy is the perfect man for that job. he would just be creepy selling anything else.

spokes don't touch where they cross (mavic ellipse)...how can I run me some spoke cards without damaging the cards?

why would you waste money on ellipses only to stick a bunch of pieces of paper between the aerodynamic bladed spokes??

tryhard.

why would you waste money on ellipses only to stick a bunch of pieces of paper between the aerodynamic bladed spokes??

tryhard.

aerodynamic bladed spokes disc wheel, duh.

I made a spoke card the other day. It says in big font:

f***
spokecards

That sums up my opinion of the spokecard craze.
And, yes, I did actually make that.

wow, you are both cool, and ironic.

Why don't you just tape it on your bike? That would be equally cool.

I'd suggest getting a new bike to run spoke cards in.

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa276/Rhapsody-Shelter/CaptainPicard.jpg

http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/3930/18106400id2.jpg
for good measure.

Tape it to the chainstay so it make that badass noise when your wheel moves.

Tape it to the chainstay so it make that badass noise when your wheel moves.

+1

I was really dreading opening up this thread. I read the thread about the guys fancy new conversion, asked a question about how not to be fat, and even laughed a little at the Pista thread. I refreshed the forum 5 or 6 times hoping someone, somewhere, would post something interesting, or maybe this thread would just dissappear. Since neither of these have happened, I will now subject you to my .02.

If you laced your wheel 2x, you probabaly did so to be different, so why f*ck your fancy new wheel's looks with a bunch of spoke cards. Nobody cares what races you've done, or who you are voting for. They look worse than fancy ******** top tube protectors, with none of the functionality. (yes I have one, it's covering the only un-abused piece of metal on my frame, and I know it looks like ****). F*CK

sp00ki...don't you have that bob jackson vigorelli? Can you post some pictures of it here?

Aww, poor guy.

I've seen friends use a hole puncher and zip ties. They partially had the same thing going on, but also some people were getting their 1st, 2nd, 3rd place cards stolen. What kind of effing idiot steals a winner spoke card? I mean really...

You don't have to be a messenger to have cards. That said, the only ones I have are alleycat races I have rode in/won. I think the obama cards, and the other pseudo-advertisement cards are ********. I do like the dumb comments kitted up roadies/triatheletes give me when I'm out for a road ride.

sp00ki...don't you have that bob jackson vigorelli? Can you post some pictures of it here?

sure.

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/7193/bjackprofileal0uo2.th.jpg (http://img387.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bjackprofileal0uo2.jpg)

ellipses, but no spoke cards...

There we go....now I feel better. How do you like the ellipses? I just got a ksyrium up front. Seems like a really nice wheel.

The ellipse rear wheel comes with a 2x pattern from the factory. FYI

There we go....now I feel better. How do you like the ellipses? I just got a ksyrium up front. Seems like a really nice wheel.

i like them. i check them on the stand once every two weeks or so, they're still very true (round and laterally). they feel strong laterally-- though i'm not the heaviest rider, so i don't expect to feel flex when accelerating into a turn, but i figured i'd add that. i've heard from heavier riders that they're quite stiff; no reason do doubt it.
they do nicely in acceleration, and seem to have low rotational resistance* when compared to other wheels (32 spoke deep v to formulas in particular, which i spent some time with on that build).
something in my mind feels like they accelerate quickly initially, but have enough inertia on the rim to assist with maintaining good paces for longer distances. i feel this moreso than other wheels i've ridden, but it could also be that i'm becoming a stronger rider over time.

*i say resistance because i don't think they're light enough when compared to most street wheels for rotational weight to be a factor; i'm assuming this comes from lower spokes/bladed spokes/possibly smoother hubs (but even that's probably a stretch).

I use a shoe lace hah.

Spoke cards are so last week.

All the cool kids are taking playing cards, clothespinning them so they hit the spokes when the rear wheel moves and make motorcycle sounds!

edit: I'm way too slow. for some reason my browser only loaded the first couple replies, haha.

:(

why would you waste money on ellipses only to stick a bunch of pieces of paper between the aerodynamic bladed spokes??

tryhard.

seriously? haha

not that it matters, but im listening to eazy e while reading this post and it just made me think how horrible this post is...

God, why the hell was this bumped?

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa276/Rhapsody-Shelter/CaptainPicard.jpg

because i had to

sure.

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/7193/bjackprofileal0uo2.th.jpg (http://img387.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bjackprofileal0uo2.jpg)

ellipses, but no spoke cards...

shhhhhaaaaaawwwiiinnngggggg!!!!

I made a spoke card the other day. It says in big font:

f***
spokecards

That sums up my opinion of the spokecard craze.
And, yes, I did actually make that.

I think that may be the only spoke card i would ever rock.


don't post on message boards. you're not a messenger.

Hilarious.