Monthly Archives: August 2010

13 gauge spokes

Posted on August 14, 2010 by zerodish

Here is a photo of DT alpine III spokes they are 13 gauge at the elbow 15 gauge at the shaft and 14 gauge at the threads. The shaft on these spokes are 1mm longer than their 14 gauge spokes … Continue reading →

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reducing dish

Posted on August 14, 2010 by zerodish

One way to reduce dish is to move the cogs closer to the spokes the photo shows one way this method moves the cog one cog thickness closer to the spokes about 1.78mm. And here is a photo of the … Continue reading →

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broken axles

Posted on August 14, 2010 by zerodish

Threaded axles always break on the inside of the cone on the heaviest loaded side. Cassette hubs tried to solve this problem by moving the cone 20mm. A freewheel hub has a distance of about 40mm from the dropout to … Continue reading →

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Hello world!

Posted on August 13, 2010 by zerodish

This blog is about good design the wheel shown is a dishless wheel that I built and put 20000 on. The wheel was loaded with about 160 pounds it uses an alivio hub DT 14 gauge spokes and an araya … Continue reading →

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