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Pastimes : Don't Ask Rambi
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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (19900)3/20/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) of 71178
 
I think the problem with your bent spoke idea is this.
A spoke needs to be strong under tension. Bend a piece of steel and voilà - a spring. So you make some thunderbolt Spring-E-Spokes and your rim and center will not have a fixed relationship. A real bear when you try to locate the bracket for the brake.
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