5 spoke or 6 spoke mags

[ameobic dysentry]

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........

[CD17]

Five Spoke

i would not touch Six Spoke Skyway's 

[theRuler]

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

[Rombloke]

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

[theRuler]

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]

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]

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]

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

[P0LL0]

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

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

[theRuler]

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]

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]

And then there are Lester





J.

[theRuler]

nice. nice stem height too

is that an early zapper?