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> I suspect that a decent quality of steel is needed for spokes, That's a good guess, as "Wire Wheels" were first successfully used commercially for bicycles.
by justinator 11y ago
> I suspect that a decent quality of steel is needed for spokes,
That's a good guess, as "Wire Wheels" were first successfully used commercially for bicycles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_wheel#On_bicycles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_wheel#On_bicycles
Not much has really changed since then. All my bikes have spoked wheels. Works great, light, relatively inexpensive.
- bch 11y ago> That's a good guess, as "Wire Wheels" were first successfully used commercially for bicycles. We did have 'wagon' style wheels[0] before that, though, with spokes in compression, rather than tension. [0] http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1891_Hickory_11.jpg http://www.oldbike.eu/museum/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1891... Edit: A picture!