Old 12-25-10 | 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmuller
In the old days wheels had a proper 36 spokes like they are supposed to.


What a fun thread!
In the old days proper wheels bloody-well had 32 spokes in the front wheel and bugger-all 40 in the rear. Since a proper rear wheel only had one cog on the Sturmey-Archer hub anyhow a "dork" disk wasn't necessary (unless you count the cog spacer/shims as "dork discs.")
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