Originally Posted by
genejockey
ALL the spokes are pulling on the rim and nipples with a lot of tension, so when you're riding, the spokes on the bottom aren't pushing on the rim and nipples, they're just pulling on them a little less, while the spokes on the top are pulling a little more.
Ditto. A bike rider, the frame, and everything is
suspended from the top of the rim while riding.
Most people don't realize this. A car is suspended from the top arc of the wheels.
Perhaps that's why they call it a suspension, or did, at one time.
A vehicle's suspension is designed, from what engineers tell me, to keep the wheels in contact with the road. Not to cut diamonds in the back seat (Lincoln). I supposed that's changed over the years, I don't know.
I do know motorcycle wheel hop. Not fun.