01/07/2015
TU Chemnitz: Textile spokes
Bicycle wheels are enabling new scales in performance and weight for the development of bicycle wheels. Thereby, the replacement of spokes, made from steel, can be performed. Textile high performance spokes can be in use in a growing number of conveyances. Synonymous to this, a high spectrum of variable mechanic properties can be set for each field of application.
Figure 6: Tensile tests to determine the force of spokes in wheels
Figure 1: Wheels with steel spokes Photos: TU Chemnitz
Figure 2: System wheel set of Spinergy
Figure 3: Breaking force of steel spokes
Figure 4: Comparison steel spokes - High performance spokes of Spinergy
Figure 5: Wheel with new textile high performance spoke
Figure 6: Tensile tests to determine the force of spokes in wheels
Figure 7: Road test with new wheel