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Spoke Gauge vs Wire Gauge
Is there a difference between wire gauge and spoke gauge? In electric
wire for example, AWG12 always means 2mm (actually 2.05mm). When I went to get some spokes at a LBS, the guy told me 2mm is gauge 14. I didn't believe him until he showed me a DT chart. GH |
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Spoke Gauge vs Wire Gauge
G. Huang asked:
Is there a difference between wire gauge and spoke gauge? There is a difference in that there are at least a half-dozen different "gauges" (i.e., systems) for measuring wire and wire products, but the one used for spokes is the American Steel & Wire (ASW) gauge, also known as the Washburn & Moen gauge (after its developers). In electric wire for example, AWG12 always means 2mm (actually 2.05mm). The American Wire gauge (AWG) is defined in inches, not millimeters, and AWG12 is defined as 0.0808 inch. When I went to get some spokes at a LBS, the guy told me 2mm is gauge 14. I didn't believe him until he showed me a DT chart. 14-gauge spokes are 0.0800 inch, which is a little over 2.03mm. -- "Bicycling is a healthy and manly pursuit with much to recommend it, and, unlike other foolish crazes, it has not died out." -- The Daily Telegraph (1877) |
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Spoke Gauge vs Wire Gauge
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:34:52 -0400, "G. Huang"
wrote: Is there a difference between wire gauge and spoke gauge? In electric wire for example, AWG12 always means 2mm (actually 2.05mm). When I went to get some spokes at a LBS, the guy told me 2mm is gauge 14. I didn't believe him until he showed me a DT chart. GH Dear GH, The bicycle 14 gauge spoke is about 0.08 inches and matches the S.W.G. standard. Here are the two wire gauge standards: http://www.reade.com/Conversion/wire_gauge.html For wire, 14 gauge is either 0.0800 inches S.W.G. or 0.0641 inches A.W.G. Carl Fogel |
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Spoke Gauge vs Wire Gauge
G. Huang wrote:
Is there a difference between wire gauge and spoke gauge? In electric wire for example, AWG12 always means 2mm (actually 2.05mm). When I went to get some spokes at a LBS, the guy told me 2mm is gauge 14. I didn't believe him until he showed me a DT chart. GH Humans devise myriad systems for taxonomically describing everything. Frame tube used to be sold by British Gauge (22/24) but now by mm thickness (0.9/0.6). A spoke may be called 0.080" or 2mm or 14g but it's still the same spoke. -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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