The section about criticism of a bike wheel as a tensegrity structure is vague. As the other sections say, all spokes are always under tension, and the rim is a

The section about criticism of a bike wheel as a tensegrity structure is vague. As the other sections say, all spokes are always under tension, and the rim is always under compression. There's only one compressive member (the rim), so I guess you can't really say the compressive components are disconnected. The only way I could see it failing the definition is with the hub. The hub has different parts under compression and tension, in that the flanges where the spokes attach are under tension, but the axle exerts compression on the bearings underneath it, even though almost all of the hub body should be under net deviatoric tension.