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Originally Posted by bjtesch
...yes you can add compression load to a spoke that is in tension....
agreed, it isn't exactly novel. It's a fairly simple linear system and the limit is when the tensioned spoke's overall force changes from tension to compression. To "stand" on a spoke would require withstanding compression, it can't so it isn't
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