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.
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.