Old 03-11-09 | 09:47 PM
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J T CUNNINGHAM
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Bikes: '86 AMBROSI / C RECORD. PINARELLO MONTELLO / FRAME, FORK.

"because they take the stress off of the stress risers in the spoke (the threads and the bend)." QUOTE.


Spoke threading is by "rolling", rather than "cutting",

hence,

few if any "stress risers", on the thread.


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J T
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