Originally Posted by
Bob Dopolina
How is it possible then to build a rear wheel?
Not sure if serious... but will answer anyway.
DS flange is spaced at 19.5mm which is pretty friggin wide. Couple that with Radial DS spokes, and a fairly short ERD thanks to the depth and it's stiff enough to be passable. You don't have to be at 120kgf to be a wheel.
Originally Posted by
Bob Dopolina
Most manufactures seriously pad their limits in general to cover all the possible STUPID out there. Maybe this is a byproduct of that?
Yes, probably. I'd go so far as to say the ones who DON'T pad their limits are probably operating outside of any kind of end-user arena.
Quick question: Do those limits very with yaw angles? And if the user experiences negative drag does it affect spoke tension limits?
What does aerodynamic performance have to do with spoke tension?