-- John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net> wrote:
> Brandt also claims that tying and soldering does nothing to
measurably increase the lateral stiffness of the wheel ant is likely a
throwback from the high wheeler days when it would keep broken spokes
from flailing around and causing damage.
+ Keeping the spokes together on a 700c wheel might be a good thing too. Low count spoke wheels and for thin spokes, I believe in it. Does Jobst's model take into account all conditions a wheel might encounter?
Kind of like the dowel in the steerer tube. It might help avoid
catastrophe at failure time.
> So, basically, you would be tying and soldering to give your vintage
bike the proper period look. Of course, some people say Brandt is an idi
ot.
+ The person who started the thread is a high wheel rider. I saw a Wheelman demo that that he was part of back in the 1980s. My memory on the event is hazy. I still remember that I was darn impressed, and real glad I was a safety rider. I have ridden a penny farthing before, but I was real careful and real slow. No legs over the handlebars gymnastics, and fast free spinning downhills for me.
The Thomas Stevens books are online, and I think I would have stuck to
a horse.
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Steven Johnson, Shiloh, IL