Asymmetry?

[raleighnut]

For truly asymmetrical how about these,
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...5B_176lLJ38ntqv2Ph65q9g&bvm=bv.97653015,d.ZGU

 

[Globalti]

Yes, my Ksyrium rear rim is asymmetrical for that very reason. Still twaddle though.

 

[mythste]

I agree, making it fatter does make sense. There is a huge twisting force on the lower end of the fork under braking. So much so that some suspension forks show visible wear inside on the left hand side where braking bends the slider.
Whether it would have been better to make the left and right look the same is another matter. That one is for the aesthetics committee. My little Beautyrometer gives the concept a score of 4 out of 10.

I'm quite fond of the fatter one, as it has a lovely little streamlined shape that forms the mounting points for the disks as well. It would look chubby on the other side.

Not biased at all. Maybe.

 

[Illaveago]

I had a dished 26 inch wheel once but that was built to allow for the fitting of a 5 speed derailure.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I had a dished 26 inch wheel once but that was built to allow for the fitting of a 5 speed derailure.

The hub decides the amount of dish in the wheel. You can't increase the dish at will unless you are prepared to run the rim off-center.

 

[Illaveago]

I'm not too sure about the hub but I can definitely remember the spokes on the gear side being vertical whilst the opposing spokes were slanting .

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I'm not too sure about the hub but I can definitely remember the spokes on the gear side being vertical whilst the opposing spokes were slanting .

All rear wheels for multi-sprocket gear systems are like that. It is called dishing.

 

[Illaveago]

Whilst on the subject of assy, assy, lopsidedness I can remember a BBC programme Local Hero in which Adam Hart Davis rode around on a pink and yellow cycle with a lopsided front fork , that is it only had one leg due to a front disc brake.

 

[Illaveago]

According to the local cycle shop in the 60s 26 inch dished wheels were literally b wheels meaning that they were difficult to obtain, 27 inch on the other hand were readily available and the dishing if any was less pronounced.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

According to the local cycle shop in the 60s 26 inch dished wheels were literally b wheels meaning that they were difficult to obtain, 27 inch on the other hand were readily available and the dishing if any was less pronounced.

For the same amount of dishing (i.e. offset of the right hub flange) on a large and small wheel, the larger wheel's angles will be less pronounced than the small one's. However, the offset will still be the same. That's why 26" wheels are stronger than 29" wheels - more pronounced angles giving better bracing.

 

[winjim]

I've been caught out during this week's hub service by the asymmetry of the spacers 'twixt locknut and cone. It's only about 0.5mm or so (I'm sure YS could tell me precisely with his Vernier caliper of truth), but it's enough to bugger up the disc brake if you put them on the wrong side

 

[Gravity Aided]

Whilst on the subject of assy, assy, lopsidedness I can remember a BBC programme Local Hero in which Adam Hart Davis rode around on a pink and yellow cycle with a lopsided front fork , that is it only had one leg due to a front disc brake.

http://www.rei.com/product/877675/c...3e8_dc|pcrid|53818230280|&lsft=cm_mmc:cse_PLA

Maybe this?

 

[raleighnut]

Whilst on the subject of assy, assy, lopsidedness I can remember a BBC programme Local Hero in which Adam Hart Davis rode around on a pink and yellow cycle with a lopsided front fork , that is it only had one leg due to a front disc brake.

It was later stolen from his house.

 

[Illaveago]

I'm sorry Gravity Aided but I couldn't open that link. Thankyou raleighnut I am sad to hear that he had his bike nicked, it's not what you would call unrecogniseable!

 

[raleighnut]

I'm sorry Gravity Aided but I couldn't open that link. Thankyou raleighnut I am sad to hear that he had his bike nicked, it's not what you would call unrecogniseable!

2007, there was a thread on here (long before I joined). They cleared out his garage.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...knwcIj1NXpDCkSeXxugWNYg&bvm=bv.97949915,d.ZGU