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To: Don Pueblo who wrote (19900)3/20/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte  Read Replies (1) | Respond to 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.



To: Don Pueblo who wrote (19900)3/20/1999 7:52:00 PM
From: Ish  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 71178
 
When I was a kid, a lot of ponds in Virginia had boats made out of hoods of older cars. Couple of '49 Plymouth hoods welded together back to back and you have a canoe. I can swim, canoe?


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