We consider that 32 spokes offers a reasonable quantity in terms of manufacturing costs, weight and energy consumption.
There are some key facts:
- Average American bike wheels use 32 spokes
- There are models with quantities as few as 16 spokes and as many as 48 spokes.
- Average British bike wheels use 40 spokes.
The selection of quantity is important, as choosing too many spokes would increase both weight, manufacturing costs for the wheel and a greater energy consumption, but choosing too few spokes would mean that wheel may be less capable to support higher bending stresses derived from motion and friction forces. Hence, we consider that 32 spokes offers a reasonable quantity in terms of manufacturing costs, weight and energy consumption.
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