Thread: Spoke stretch and rounding down?
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Old 01-19-08 | 05:26 PM
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dwood
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Originally Posted by urbanknight
My understanding is that spokes don't actually stretch (just tension), but did it give you 292 or was there a decimal?
Spokes follow the various laws of physics just like anything else. Yes . . . they stretch proportionally with the amount of tension applied by tightening.

How much they stretch?? Never calculated it . . . it probably is not worth worrying about when calculating spoke length.

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