Radial laced wheels
10-11-07 | 12:49 PM
#30
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Top brass says the proper term is actually "internets". And yes, it is indeed a lacing pattern, but makes for a rather heavy wheel (i.e. results in too many mostly bent spokes).
My question is another old one: if you run a front brake, does braking have any substantially disadvantageous effect on a radial wheel and/or the bike as a whole?
My question is another old one: if you run a front brake, does braking have any substantially disadvantageous effect on a radial wheel and/or the bike as a whole?
10-11-07 | 01:02 PM
#31
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Its only relevant with a disk brake or other type of hub brake, because the stopping force is transfered from the tire, to the rim, through the spokes to the hub. You should not radial lace a wheel with a hub brake. With a rim brake the force goes directly from the tire, rim, to brake, so the lacing pattern is irrelevant.
10-11-07 | 01:16 PM
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Yes, please, no one try to respond to any questions unless they are absolutely 100% certain they are correct! Also, if you could respond in a pompous know-it-all fashion, while also drawing attention to how little everyone else knows, that would be great. Stop trying to be helpful, and start trying to be right!
10-11-07 | 02:14 PM
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Yes, please, no one try to respond to any questions unless they are absolutely 100% certain they are correct! Also, if you could respond in a pompous know-it-all fashion, while also drawing attention to how little everyone else knows, that would be great. Stop trying to be helpful, and start trying to be right!
especially when it comes to "repetitive posts" - people pop on here for the first time and ask a question and are bombarded by "wittiness." it's not their fault that other people have asked the same question, but every time CleverInternetBiker posts a clever response, it's CleverInternetBiker's fault that anybody trying to actually search the forums runs into an extremely low signal-to-noise ratio. Searching is frequently futile, just wading through the muck.
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