How does the apparently small amount of material which comprises the spokes provide the required sturdiness to handle the physics of a human on a bike?
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Have you seen the London eye? Spokes don’t have to be thick. In fact they don’t even have to be rigid. There’s a company that makes flexible bike spokes. See the thing some people don’t realize about them is that the support is not in compression, it’s in tension. The hub is hanging from upper side of the wheel rim, and the strength of the rim transfers the weight to the ground.
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