My new death wheel :)

loosejello · October 21, 2005, 1:41pm

I just got the tire the other day, haven’t had a chance to try to ride it yet!

fexnix · October 21, 2005, 1:47pm

radial spokes are the shiznit

TheObieOne3226 · October 21, 2005, 3:08pm

Is that 48 spoke? Looks like it could be more.

Skippii · October 21, 2005, 3:13pm

I count 48.
Thanks, I needed a quick distraction from homework and was hoping I’d find something else to do on this forum!

litldude2 · October 21, 2005, 4:16pm

Ya the spokes are cool, good luck with that tire, I cant ride a bc with one of those (dont let it touch your leg…ouch)

theotherguy · October 21, 2005, 4:24pm

wow, thats a nice bc wheel. it’s not as cheesy as my brother’s and my bc wheel

president_luke · October 21, 2005, 6:11pm

Thats kool, whats up with the spoke patern? arnt they normally crossed over?

Spudman · October 21, 2005, 8:19pm

Perdy cool. Now take it to a skate shop and get grip tape on the plates. It makes it WAY easier to stay on.

kington99 · October 22, 2005, 3:35am

Yes, they normally cross over three other spokes, there are however many different ways of lacing spokes, this is called straight laced ususally, or zero cross. It’s lighter but weaker, which is why lower cross numbers are used on roads bikes and higher cross numbers on trials and mountain machines. Has anyone ever made a 112 (?) spoke lowrider BC wheel?

system · October 25, 2005, 12:06am

Re: My new death wheel

On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 05:35:19 -0500, kington99 wrote:

>zero cross. It’s lighter but weaker

Weaker only in drive (or brake) direction, but a BC wheel is not
stressed like that. And laterally, it’s potentially even a little bit
stronger than a cross-pattern. So, good thinking of loosejello!

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