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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Spokes Aint Spokes - or are they?
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<blockquote data-quote="chankly bore" data-source="post: 43596" data-attributes="member: 317"><p>Further to my previous posts on the subject. The head size and bend radius are both critical. Spokes should be all the same. If they need to be different then something is WRONG!!! Sometimes fractures are caused by an adjacent outer spoke touching a nearby oversize head creating a stress point. Not work hardening- at least in my experience.I would like to know where the spokes broke, i.e. at what point on their length and I would like to see the heads and bends.I have had no trouble with Central Wheel Components stuff,apart from needing to ease the heads a bit as above, but there are some crap spokes around that will even cause brake drum fracture. Re spoke tension- it helps if you ain't got cloth ears.Was the wheel laced "across 4?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chankly bore, post: 43596, member: 317"] Further to my previous posts on the subject. The head size and bend radius are both critical. Spokes should be all the same. If they need to be different then something is WRONG!!! Sometimes fractures are caused by an adjacent outer spoke touching a nearby oversize head creating a stress point. Not work hardening- at least in my experience.I would like to know where the spokes broke, i.e. at what point on their length and I would like to see the heads and bends.I have had no trouble with Central Wheel Components stuff,apart from needing to ease the heads a bit as above, but there are some crap spokes around that will even cause brake drum fracture. Re spoke tension- it helps if you ain't got cloth ears.Was the wheel laced "across 4?" [/QUOTE]
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