Originally Posted by
dtret7
that should happen with disc brakes too but I'm still not convinced. The majority of force on the spokes comes from supporting your weight and that cycles with every wheel rotation which is faster than you can shift from full forward force on the pedals to full backwards unless the bike is stationary. I agree with the firstpart but I think you are considering the max rpm you usually ride at maybe even the max the powertap records rather than absolute max. I'm willing to bet you can easily spin around 200rpms but highly doubt your max power is anywhere near that.
meh, smoothly and actually make some power not measured in milliwatts, 160rpm give or take for me personally
anyway I was just pointing out the nature of the human powerband.......max torq at low rpm and it decreases with rpm while power is close to 0 at low rpm and climbs with rpm
anyway, put a few hundred thousand miles on a fixed gear dewtret and see how things wear, if what your saying is true the front hub would wear pretty much like the rear, not the case in real life