Levy the Licking Lizurd said:Levy: When it comes to steel spokes and traditional wheel design, the consensus is that the more spokes there are, the more the load is spread out across each spoke and over the diameter of the rim. Why does Spengle use three carbon "spokes" instead of four, five, or some other number?
Cox: To some extent that consensus is correct, but within the beauty of the monocoque’s tri-blade design comes the evolution of wheel technology. We have looked to the simplicity in mathematics and nature to produce this design, the prime number of 3 being the ultimate reduction of the chaos of a traditional spoked wheel. Rather than relying on 28 spokes, we have effectively created a wheel with tens of thousands of spokes, the strands of carbon doing that conventional job of dispersing the load.
Instead of coping on an individual level, the carbon fibers act in unison as a pressure release system throughout the entire monocoque structure. But why three? Three allows us to produce a wheel that helps to cope with Newton’s third law (equal and opposite reaction etc. ). Effectively what we are saying is that when a spoked wheel interacts with the ground, it is passing that force straight back up to the rider, but by using the tri-blade monocoque we are spreading that force away from the rider, giving them a smoother, more comfortable ride.
Holy fuck. Those words make no sense.
Because 90's are SO FUCKING In FASHION NOW.
These things were repellent back in the day.
They still do.
PS: 2 is the smallest natural prime number you egghead!
they've been spending too much time in the bong shedin two years time, we are aiming for people to look at spokes and consider them to be the odd-looking wheels
That part made my laugh as well...easy there guy.My favorite from the trispoke people:
"We see ourselves in the same mold as a Tesla or an iPhone in this manner; in two years time, we are aiming for people to look at spokes and consider them to be the odd-looking wheels. Just consider how the mobile phone looked before the iPhone! Yes, there were other touch-screen devices out there already, but they were ugly and ill-considered affairs. A decade later and you’ll struggle to even find an old-fashioned device anymore, such is the ubiquity of the touchscreen. Simply put, our aim is to be considered entirely normal, and people will look at a spoked wheel with curiosity."
Welp, it's official. Steve Jones is dead inside.
Make burning at the stake great again.
Because 90's are SO FUCKING In FASHION NOW.
These things were repellent back in the day.
They still do.
PS: 2 is the smallest natural prime number you egghead!
Who the fuck is Mike Vandeman?
y u not gummi dicks?Anybody know how to mail a box of human feces to a specific address in the UK? One that requires a signature of the addressee only?
Just wondering in general terms of course.
And he's been doing this shit since the early 90's. He's a certifiable nut case. My fear is that he does ego search and finds this thread.Actually, reality is mundane enough.
Mike Vandeman is an elderly gentleman who makes up his own fake research to discredit mountainbikers as a legitimate user group because he doesn't like them. And he got arrested for cutting a bike rider with a saw a few years ago and lost his job at AT&T because of it.
And he's still doing this shit.............
And he's been doing this shit since the early 90's. He's a certifiable nut case. My fear is that he does ego search and finds this thread.
Don't engage! Don't engage!It's december on a bike site and you live at elevation, with two dry weather weeks in the forecast, with the high country already snowed out. WTF else you doing?
other than being around for a long time why exactly is this guy so revered in the industry?Welp, it's official. Steve Jones is dead inside.
i don't know but his picture needs to be posted everywhere on the "most wanted list". wtf. We need to put the word out on this asshole.Who the fuck is Mike Vandeman?
Sure, czech this out.Anybody know how to mail a box of human feces to a specific address in the UK? One that requires a signature of the addressee only?
Just wondering in general terms of course.
I vote for poop. Think of the environment you insensitive clod!I think a glitter bomb would be more terrible than mailing poop.
So we see ourselves in the same mold as a company or a product? Maybe I'm a dog and maybe I'm a smell? Makes sense. Needs more words like Quantum in their press relese bs. Maybe a Deepak Chopra review.My favorite from the trispoke people:
"We see ourselves in the same mold as a Tesla or an iPhone in this manner; in two years time, we are aiming for people to look at spokes and consider them to be the odd-looking wheels. Just consider how the mobile phone looked before the iPhone! Yes, there were other touch-screen devices out there already, but they were ugly and ill-considered affairs. A decade later and you’ll struggle to even find an old-fashioned device anymore, such is the ubiquity of the touchscreen. Simply put, our aim is to be considered entirely normal, and people will look at a spoked wheel with curiosity."
Don't forget "synergy" and "mindfulness".So we see ourselves in the same mold as a company or a product? Maybe I'm a dog and maybe I'm a smell? Makes sense. Needs more words like Quantum in their press relese bs. Maybe a Deepak Chopra review.
90's?
Because 90's are SO FUCKING In FASHION NOW.
These things were repellent back in the day.
They still do.
PS: 2 is the smallest natural prime number you egghead!
That list has at least tripled.look at all these fvcking "standards" of how to figure out what BB you need depending on what cranks and frame you have. just look. what the serious fvck people.
never forget...
at the rate things are going there's not gonna be any wilderness left to fight overWhere are the lizards when you need them?: http://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/363779-americas-wilderness-is-no-place-for-motorized-mountain-bikes
Sounds like the cowboys want to keep all that free government owned wilderness land to themselves?