NOPE ... Mostly an aesthetics issue (i.e. does it look right to you).EarlB said:Does it matter?
That is why they make both vanilla and chocolate (as well as a bunch of other flavors) of ice cream. Personally, given a choice, I would never have a defrailurer (and I do not like rocky-road either).getmo35 said:More people mount it to the front, personally i would never have a front hub but good luck.
EarlB said:Does it matter?
E-HP said:EarlB said:Does it matter?
I'm going to say no, since in both videos they are using a piece of crap stamped steel torque arm that is so loose they won't do anything to keep the axle from rotating. Make sure to use two, since they can help keep the wheel from falling off after the bolts get loose.
PS. Assuming no regen, and if you use the crappy stamped steel arms on the front fork, then I would mount them in the back, with two clamps each. I would place the second clamp halfway down the curved longer arm. This will twist the arm portion the opposite direction as the axle wants to spin. Your motor axle is always going to try to spin in the opposite direction as your wheel, so by preloading the torque arm against the direction the axle wants to spin, you've removed the slack, and increasing how effective it is.
What's misleading about the Grin pics? They look accurate and configured correctly. I haven't seen many better pages on the subject.
EarlB said:I am new to this, and I am learning. So, I try to ignore your hostile negativity and look at the content of what you are saying. I have found better teachers in here.
john61ct said:Acknowledging that you're really looking for shortcut links to dozens of existing threads where the question's already been answered.
LewTwo said:It is actually a function of the efficiency of the joints. For a single piece torque arm there is one joint where it attaches to the fork. For the more common case of two piece torque arms there are two joints: one where the arm attaches to the fork and another where the arms are joined.
If one was to do an engineering model in either case then those joints would be assumed to be static (i.e. fixed). In that case the direction of the torque makes absolutely no difference. In the case where the joints are not fixed (i.e. the fasteners are loose) then some argument might be made for pushing into ot away from the fork body depending on whether torque was generated by braking or motive power. However in the latter case it would also be argued that the installing the fasteners improperly was the greater danger.
There are two ways of calculating the strength of a bolted connection. One is shear and the other is friction. These same civil engineering calculations are used in the of connections in steel bridges and building. In either case it still comes down to properly tightening the fastener(s).TDB said:"Some argument"... There is a strong argument for not relying on the friction between two joints.
TDB said:Do you see what is happening here on your bike? Friction joints are clearly not working.
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