Recent content by bollen

From my understanding a rim brake does not give a torsional load on the spokes as a hub brake does. The lacing doesn't differ because it is no reason for using radial spoking that is weaker for both lateral and torsional loads. I guess that the reaction force from a rim brake must come from the...

From my understanding the torsional load in a front wheel is really low since it is the rear wheel taking up torque from the pedals. I do although understand the reason for laced spokes since it both protect against torque and to some degree lateral load. Are you saying that torque actually is...

I have read some parts of the book now and I feel like I am at a loss. Now I understand the reason for ignoring the Euler force. The problem now is that I am not sure how I can put the conditions into equations. It feels difficult to do calculations from a fatigue perspective, do I have to do a...

I am working on a project where I am supposed to find some ways to get constraints on some of the components (rim, hub and spokes) to use these for parametrization. So far I have thought that the constraint for the rim is that it can't buckle from the pre tension of the spokes (here I am...