Originally Posted by
BCRider
And in the end the whole idea of standing on or hanging from seems to come down to a case of semantics.
This whole standing on the lower spokes seems like such a convienience run amok to me.
Agreed and agreed and agree with everything you'e said........ however - not to dismiss the standing on the spokes crowd too lightly - the crane is holding a platform attached to a lift line. The steady line is affixed to a giant concrete slab on the ground and held in place by a turnbuckle tightened to produce 150 lbs of tension on it. A 150 pound man now steps onto the platform. The crane will not experience an additional load of the entire 150 lbs. Do you agree ? Is this signigicant with respect to the construction and behavior of a bicycle wheel ? and if so, how should it be described ? ( I think thats what Brandt and the "standing on the spokes" crowd are concerned with)