Norris Lockley wrote: I am feeling depressed and looking for a fight. ..
good! ;)
And just be perverse I am
> going to state categorically that he real term for such hubs is LARGE FLANGE
> - this being the translation of the French term for such hubs which is
> Grandes Flasques.
i've also seen them described as wide flange!
>
> Large flange hubs were very often chosen because they enabled the
> wheelbuilder to use shorter spokes which were lighter than longer ones
ah yes, you save 11 grams on the spokes and need flanges which are 25 grams heavier. With a bit of luck and some holes it will be about equal
and
> shorter spokes also produced, by and large, stiffer wheels. Hence the very
> common use of large flange hubs for track racing bkes on which, more often
> than not the spokes were also tied and soldered.
The spokes are 5% shorter, ie roughly 5 % stiffer. If there are any measurable effects, it will be because of the higher flange producing less change in tension when you torque the hub.
-- mvg
Marten Gerritsen, still enjoying the looks of 'hoogflensnaven' in
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands