More kinky spokes

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Zog The Undeniable said:

Picture here: http://www.peeble.com/bikes/spoke.jpg

To re-emphasise, the spokes do go to the correct rim holes. This
misalignment appears to be a combination of two factors: the rims have
no eyelets, so the nipples tend to sit perpendicularly; and the hub has
a large flange, so spokes that would normally be roughly parallel - like
the two either side of the valve hole - are actually convergent.

You're obsessing. If a wheel can't endure this trifling departure from
whatever standard of perfection you're trying to apply here, it isn't
the wonderful structure we've been led to believe.

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Business Cycles, Miami, Florida
http://www.businesscycles.com
Since 1983
Our catalog of track equipment: online since 1996
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Zog The Undeniable<[email hidden]> 3/6/2005 11:01:29 AM >>>

Picture here: http://www.peeble.com/bikes/spoke.jpg

To re-emphasise, the spokes do go to the correct rim holes. This
misalignment appears to be a combination of two factors: the rims have
no eyelets, so the nipples tend to sit perpendicularly; and the hub has
a large flange, so spokes that would normally be roughly parallel - like
the two either side of the valve hole - are actually convergent.

Pretty sure this is normal...I think

Wasatch5k said:

Pretty sure this is normal...I think

At least with any 3x or 4x spoked wheel it seems unavoidable.

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