By John Marsh, Editor & Publisher Technology marches on. In the form an “augmented reality” helmet prototype that “pushes” environmental information onto the “heads-up” display of the helmet face shield. After a recent trip to New York City with my family, I noticed many of city’s new bike lanes, and the mix riders using them,…
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By Mike Tierney In Part 1 of this “basics” series, I touched on the topics of wheel concentricity, thread lubrication, nipple seat lubrication and spoke length calculators. Today, I’ll cover spoke twist and stress relief. Spoke Twist, or Wind-Up The phenomenon that we have to be very aware of when tensioning and truing wheels is…
By Mike Tierney To properly build wheels, we need to understand basic concepts of mechanics and how they relate to our bike wheels. We need to have a firm grasp on how screw threads work in relation to nipples and spokes; we need to know how to combat friction, and the mechanics of what it…
By Mike Tierney Over the years I’ve found that a beginner’s stumbling block to home wheel building and maintenance is often the lack of equipment, and the expense of that equipment. Really, though, these “issues” are more perception than reality. In short, it’s possible to effectively work on wheels with a minimum of special tools….
