Originally Posted by
smashndash
Uh.... wasn’t Jobst Brandt the one who thought spokes act like pillars in compression when under load? And wrote a book saying that? He said that the wheel load was carried by the bottom few spokes. I’m 99.9% sure that’s a load of bull because there exist spokes that are literally string..
Brandt was right about most things, and nothing like as rude as Hambini.
I didn't agree with everything he said by any means but just to be clear he was a great guy and knew what he was talking about, and his book about wheels is rightly considered a classic.