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ameobic dysentry

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5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« on: December 11, 2006, 08:27 PM »
Maybe I am just autistic, but I have often lay in bed at night wondering why mags generally have 5 spokes rather than 4, 6 or 7.  Possibly for engineering strength? Maybe.  However, I have a theory that it is all down to this........

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio#Geometry

i.e. they just look better.  I reckon that is why almost all the mags you see are 5 spoke not 4 or 6.

So to prove my point, please vote in the poll above.  If you had the choice between a pair of 5 spoke tuffs or a pair of 6 spoke tuffs, which would you choose?  You can assume that they are of the same colour, strength etc........


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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2006, 09:40 PM »
Five Spoke

i would not touch Six Spoke Skyway's  :(

theRuler

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2006, 09:43 PM »
6 spoke mags are for GT's

although i do have some very vintage 6 spoke ACS mx mags



and they sure look great

i wouldnt mind a set of 6 spoke skyways though
for a particular bike i am building, that needs them

Offline Rombloke

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2006, 10:45 PM »
6 spoke mags are for GT's

although i do have some very vintage 6 spoke ACS mx mags



and they sure look great

i wouldnt mind a set of 6 spoke skyways though
for a particular bike i am building, that needs them

did i just hear that right????

ffs

Dave
haro, how do you do

theRuler

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2006, 11:00 PM »
i need some six spokers to make the bike look exactly like it did in the advert :)

they better be cheap though. what with being plastic :)

Coastvl

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2006, 10:42 AM »
mmm I traded some very mint cond Motomags for these. What the hell was I thinking.
I have put it all back to the way it was now.
Oh and what about 7 spokes??



ameobic dysentry

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2006, 10:50 AM »
You can apply the golden ratio to anyhing. I reckon it is also why some frames just look better than others - good looking bikes have frame geometries that fit the golden ratio.

I think Coastvl's pics illustrate the fact that 6 spoke mags just don't look as good as 5 spoke.  And as for 7 spoke - blurgh!

gmac

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2006, 03:00 PM »




You could use milk crates for wheels on that bike, and it would still look the tits  :smitten:

P0LL0

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2006, 05:54 PM »




You could use milk crates for wheels on that bike, and it would still look the tits  :smitten:

You could use T!ts on it and it would look like a milk crate!

theRuler

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2006, 05:57 PM »
that goose is so nice
6 spokes surely must be better than 5. a bit stiffer?

out of the mag wheels the motomag looks the best. followed by ogk's (peregrines)

Coastvl

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2006, 09:10 AM »
Nope. No different in stiffness. They actually feel worse than 5 spokers.
I agree with Motomags lookin the best. Pity they weigh about 10 times the weight of tuffs. But i got them for a build anyway.

greentoad

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2006, 05:42 PM »
And then there are Lester





J.

theRuler

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Re: 5 spoke or 6 spoke mags
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2006, 05:44 PM »
nice. nice stem height too ;)

is that an early zapper?

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