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Originally Posted by Will N
Interesting. So it would follow that with screw adjustable spokes, the ones that are carrying the load are the ones on the top of the wheel. The weight of the car is hanging from the spokes on the top, while those on the bottom are pushing through the rim and meeting no resistance.
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Sort of. From Wikipedia:
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
... Some authors conclude from this that the hub "stands" on those spokes immediately below it that experience a reduction in tension, even though the spokes below the hub exert no upward force on the hub and can be replaced by chains without much changing the physics of the wheel. Other authors conclude that the hub "hangs" from those spokes above it that exert an upward force on the hub, and that have higher tension than the spokes below the hub, which pull down on the hub. ...
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I doubt any spokes are actually pushing through the rim - rather the tension is reduced somwhat in the lower half of the wheel. Thus also invalidating the idea with only half the spokes carrying...
But we're diverging from the topic now
