Old 10-06-11 | 01:24 PM
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Don in Austin
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Originally Posted by Ex Pres
It's not that plain and simple. If you don't think where the energy to turn the wheel is coming from is important, then use a short wrench to loosen all your stuck bolts - rather than a long-handled one.
The wrench example is torque only NOT energy. Bad analogy.
What I mean by energy -- say watts -- is torque x speed. This is the same from the hub to the tire. If you have a friend who is a physicist or mechanical engineer you might run this by him/her.

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