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Old 08-11-14, 04:39 AM
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Originally Posted by cyccommute
When you ride your bike, your weight and the bike don't "stand" on the spokes that are at the bottom of the wheel (nor the rim that is down there with them). The bike "hangs" from the spokes on the top of the wheel.
"The concept that the hub hangs from the upper spokes contradicts all measured and computed behavior of bicycle wheels."

- Jobst Brandt, ​The Bicycle Wheel
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