spokes?

UniManiac

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Dec 13, 2004, 12:36:34 AM12/13/04

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does the amount of spokes affect anythign on the unicycle, liek how it
feels and rides? just a question im curios about.

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TheObieOne3226

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Dec 13, 2004, 12:40:26 AM12/13/04

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No, not at all. As a matter of fact, I recommend you get one of Sheldon
Brown's monospoke wheelsets and convert it to a uni wheel.

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James_Potter

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Dec 13, 2004, 12:46:51 AM12/13/04

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UniManiac wrote:
> *does the amount of spokes affect anythign on the unicycle, liek how
> it feels and rides? just a question im curios about. *

Not how it feels, but it affects the strength.

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TheObieOne3226

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Dec 13, 2004, 12:51:33 AM12/13/04

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James_Potter wrote:
> *Not how it feels, but it affects the strength. *

It affects a lot of things. Such as strength, weight, stiffness,
aerodynamicness of wheel, and whether or not a tennis ball gets stuck in
your wheel (a penalty).

All of these factors can be brought to an acceptable level without a
large number (48) of spokes, provided you use a good hub and good alloy
rim. Another important factor is how well the wheel was laced/tensioned.

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john_childs

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Dec 13, 2004, 1:08:47 AM12/13/04

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More spokes can give you more strength. But the quality of the wheel
build is more important than the number of spokes. I'd take a hand
built 36 spoke wheel over a machine built 48 spoke wheel any day.

Judging wheel strength just by counting spokes is a bad way to judge a
wheel. The quality of the wheel build is much more important.

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jsm

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Dec 13, 2004, 2:21:17 AM12/13/04

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I switched from a junk 36 spoke wheel to a relatively good 48 spoke
wheel about two months ago. The only differences I have noticed are that
the wheel doesn't give so much when I hop standing on it, (probably
simply because it's stronger) and spoke walk also feels slightly
different.

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UniManiac

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Dec 13, 2004, 8:33:26 PM12/13/04

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hmm yes thanks for your coments it will help me choose a new un, my old
ones crank busted, its an excuse to get a whole new one

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