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2. Bicycle wheel - Wikipedia

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   Conventional metallic bicycle wheels have 24, 28, 32 or 36 spokes. Wheels on tandems and BMX often have 40 or 48 spokes to support additional stresses and weight. Lowrider bicycles may have as many as 144 spokes per wheel. Wheels with fewer spokes have an aerodynamic advantage, as the drag is reduced. The reduced number of spokes also results ...

3. Spoke - Wikipedia

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   For example, a 32 spoke wheel has 16 spokes per side, 360° divided by 16 equals 22.5°. Multiply 22.5° ("angle between adjacent flange holes") by the number of crossings to get the angle a—if 3-crosses, the 32 spoke wheel has an angle a of 67.5°. Regarding r 3: The size of the spoke holes in the flange does not matter for the needed spoke ...

4. Spoke nipple - Wikipedia

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   A spoke nipple holds a bicycle wheel 's rim to each spoke . The spoke nipple is a headed cylinder with threading on the inside through part of its length (there is an unthreaded lead-in nearest the "flats"). Traditionally, the nipples fit in holes in the rim, so that the head of the nipple is on the outermost part of the rim, while the other ...

5. Wheelbuilding - Wikipedia

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   Wheelbuilding. Radial (left) and semi-tangential (right) bicycle spoke patterns. Wheelbuilding is the process of assembling wire wheels (generally a bicycle wheel, but including wheelchairs, and some cars ). The components of a wire wheel are the rim, spokes, nipples, and hub .

6. Penny-farthing - Wikipedia

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   Penny-farthing. The penny-farthing, also known as a high wheel, high wheeler or ordinary, is an early type of bicycle. [1] It was popular in the 1870s and 1880s, with its large front wheel providing high speeds, owing to it travelling a large distance for every rotation of the wheel. These bicycles had solid rubber tires and as a consequence ...

7. Spoke wrench - Wikipedia

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   Spoke wrench. A spoke wrench that fits three common nipple sizes. A spoke wrench or spoke key is a small wrench or tool used to adjust the tension in the spokes of a tension-spoked wheel. A spoke wrench is sometimes called a nipple wrench, as it is the spoke nipple – not the spoke – that is turned in the process of changing the tension of a ...