Spoke Patterns

[keithglos]

Victorian engineers found that tangent spoking was far stronger than radial.
In 1954 I saw that radial spoking had to have more tension on the spokes to have the same effect. That is why radial spoking on the slack side of a rear wheel has more tension than tangent spoking, so radial spoking increases stress.

 

[hamster]

Radial needs less tension to hold the wheel true sideways but much more to resist wind-up from drive on the rear. In addition it puts far more stress on the hub flanges. It works fine for me on the front, but the forces are far more complex on the rear.

 

[FINNEY1973]

Well they're in at the shop. DT Swiss spokes, should turn out very nice, radial front 2X both sides on the rear. Just picked up some 27 1 1/4 wheels from him that I've had built for a single speed project, lovely job he's done. NOS rims & HF hubs, 3X pattern front and rear, watched him for an hour or so as he built one. Decent insight into how it's done - helps when you've got all the tools though!

 

[Midlife]

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/bu ... lders6.JPG

A bit like the above then

Shaun

 

[FINNEY1973]

http://www.classiclightweights.co.uk/builders/raleigh-sbdu-builders6.JPG

A bit like the above then

Shaun

exactly Shaun, very neat & tidy. Nice bike that Raleigh BTW!

 

[Midlife]

Sadly not mine......... Nearest I got was watching Martin Pyne on his silver one.

Shaun

 

[FINNEY1973]

I think I need to own a Raleigh, 753 & Raleigh-Weinmann colours. Could be a fruitless search! Someone in Notts has lo-pro in those colours, would love to own it.