ScotchDave Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 Well explained but I dont totally agree. Yes theres less material but radially laced spokes are in compression whereas 3X are primarily in tension (due to being tangential). So, where the spoke joins the hub it is trying to push the material from under the head of the spoke towards the centre of the hub, not trying to rip the flange apart.Radial lacing is bad for disc brakes because when you are braking, the rim of the wheel is still trying to roll whilst you stop the hub which tends to 'roll up' the spokes and stress them out. You can get away with this using rim brakes because you are stopping at the rim and the inertia at the hub is quite small comparitively.There are no compressive forces in the wheel, the rim has holes in it, throught these there are spokes that are held in tension, push the other way and the nipple (think funny shaped nut) is just being pushed through the whole, nowt stopping it. All the forces in wheels are supported by tension. (Yes, the hub bearings don't count.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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