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The spoke pattern explorer allows wheel builders to verify that it is possible to build a wheel using the supplied measurements. It produces a scale drawing based on the wheel hub and rim measurements you have supplied. The spoke pattern explorer is supplied as part of the spoke length calculator
You can zoom in on the hub detail and visually check if the spokes will bind.
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The picture on the left shows a standard 36 spoke 3 cross bicycle wheel, with spokes nearly tangential to the hub flange. On the right, increasing the number of crossings to four, causes the spokes to bind. I.e. The shaft of one spoke is touching the protruding end of the adjacent spoke.
If you have already installed a previous 16 bit version of the WheelCalc demo an upgrade to WheelCalc 0.032 is available from http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/upgrades/spoke032.zip (82KB) The zip file contains a new executable and help file only. Just copy these over your existing copies. You rest of the install set is identical to so why bother to download it all again
See Also
Fixed Wheel Bicycle Gear Calculator
Bicycle Inner Tube Warning
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An IBM compatible ‘386 or better, running Windows 3.1x Windows 9x, ME, 2000
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