Matt Vandart Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Interesting indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnyMilton Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Its going to bend on the downtube. It doesn't have a downtube... Has it been ridden yet? If so, is it holding up strong so far...I know it's probably a little early to ask that, but I'm interested to know! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Has it been ridden yet? If so, is it holding up strong so far...I know it's probably a little early to ask that, but I'm interested to know! Used it for 6 months with an aluminium axle and it was faultless, just thought I would step it up a bit and put some carbon in there Went out for a ride tonight, wasn't exactly gentle on it and it seems good so far....just have to wait and see, altho I can't see any reason why it shouldn't work Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 It doesn't have a downtube... -----The reference----- -----Your head----- 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnyMilton Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 (edited) Used it for 6 months with an aluminium axle and it was faultless, just thought I would step it up a bit and put some carbon in there Went out for a ride tonight, wasn't exactly gentle on it and it seems good so far....just have to wait and see, altho I can't see any reason why it shouldn't work Cheers! What weight was the alloy model? Think you could do it for a rear screw on hub(as an alloy axle version)? Sounds like a promising ideal, hopefully see you on dragons den soon, getting some money behind you to get them in production Would mind getting one for the front of my road bike... -----The reference----- -----Your head----- I'm assuming that's aimed at what I said about Stan's frame? Edited September 15, 2011 by JohnyMilton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 (edited) Wouldn't work on the rear. Works on the front because almost all the load on the hub is radial, if you ran it as a rear hub only the drive side spokes spokes would transfer force to the rim (in the same way you couldn't run a frant disc hub like this). Edited September 17, 2011 by super Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Wouldn't work on the rear. Works on the front because almost all the load on the hub is radial, if you ran it as a rear hub only the drive side spokes spokes would transfer force to the rim (in the same way you couldn't run a frant disc hub like this). What % of the torque is transferred by the non drive/non disc flange to the rim? I assume you have worked it out to be able to make such a comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Well, considering the amount of flex you get in spokes compared to the axial play of the hub shell joining the two flanges together i'd say not far off 50%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 What about a front wheel that's radial on the non disc side, and 3x on the disc side? The radial spokes will transfer very very little of the torque to the rim, having completely separate flanges will not be much different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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