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Forum: Bicycle Mechanics

02-26-14, 06:52 PM

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ERD discrepency?

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Posted By FBinNY

I must be missing something. Why not?

I must be missing something. Why not?

Forum: Bicycle Mechanics

02-26-14, 09:12 AM

Replies: 20

ERD discrepency?

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Posted By FBinNY

I don't know about a "we", but I've been calling...

I don't know about a "we", but I've been calling it the actual rim diameter for years. I also proposed the term nipple seat diameter here on BF and elsewhere. It isn't about names. It's about...

Forum: Bicycle Mechanics

02-25-14, 07:56 PM

Replies: 20

ERD discrepency?

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Posted By FBinNY

There's no need to spend any money because it...

There's no need to spend any money because it isn't a problem of how to measure, but what to measure. The OP's two spokes are perfectly fine as a measuring tool.

Forum: Bicycle Mechanics

02-25-14, 03:08 PM

Replies: 20

ERD discrepency?

Views: 2,071

Posted By FBinNY

Eons ago, the nipple seat diameter was the ERD,...

Eons ago, the nipple seat diameter was the ERD, but that concept is pretty much gone these days. Most spoke calculators will give you a spoke length value that will have the spoke ending at the same...

Forum: Bicycle Mechanics

02-25-14, 09:50 AM

Replies: 20

ERD discrepency?

Views: 2,071

Posted By FBinNY

I've always hated published ERD measurements, and...

I've always hated published ERD measurements, and would greatly prefer rims to publish the actual measurement of the diameter at the spoke nipple seat.

I believe ERD fails as a standard because...

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