... sometimes i do enjoy the "mis-spellings", especially since i am one to do it more frequently these days than others. but i do enjoy it when i mess up the letters, when i read the paper, and other meanings just come out.
... anyway i'm sure everyone caught the "spook life" in that one.
... i do think though that says it a bit about wheel building !
robert clair
alexandria, va
> Tom Harriman asked: However, if there's a list member with a PHD in
> spook life, there free to enlighten the rest of the list.
>
> Capt. Bike, PhD in all things bicycles, the late Sheldon Brown put it
> succinctly and correctly on his Website:
> "Double-butted spokes do more than save weight. The thick ends make them
> as strong in the highly-stressed areas as straight-gauge spokes of the
> same thickness, but the thinner middle sections make the spokes
> effectively more elastic. This allows them to stretch (temporarily) more
> than thicker spokes.
>
> As a result, when the wheel is subjected to sharp localized stresses,
> the most heavily stressed spokes can elongate enough to shift some of
> the stress to adjoining spokes. This is particularly desirable when the
> limiting factor is how much stress the rim can withstand without
> cracking around the spoke hole. "
>
> My 30 years of experience building wheels leads me to concur. I have see
> far fewer broken spokes and cracked rims with butted spokes laced tight.
>
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