Originally Posted by
mrhedges
i read this whole thread and still don't understand why you need 5 spoked wheels. If its an aesthetic thing why not just dress up some much stronger and lighter (and cheaper) 32 spoke wheels with tin foil like that scraper bikes video
Actually, four-spoked wheels are probably going to work better now. I'm probably only going to have one LED strip per side of wheel with two at the max to limit system complexity. With anything but an even number of spokes and two LED strips per side of wheel, the aesthetics will be adversely affected...though I do kind of like that one-spoked wheel.
As for dressing up a 32-spoked wheel, I want this thing to look futuristic. Regular spokes, while more structurally efficient, just have too classic a design. If you guys are interested in the inspiration for this project, the following link should give you an idea of what images and sounds come into my mind when I think about what I want to accomplish with this bike:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMX0X...eature=related
It will, of course, be done in the spirit of daft punk and not a direct ripoff.