The diagram shows the frame geometry of a conventional bicycle. It is important to determine which components are in tension, which in compression, which experience bending forces, and what the ...
The photograph shows a fatigue crack in the frame tube of a bicycle. The crack started at a tube joint region and then propagated, under the fluctuating stresses from road shocks, into the tube. In ...
Take a look, the uppers are bike forks and the lowers were welded together from bike frame tubes. The spindles are where it gets a little tricky but [Kong79] made it happen with his resourcefulness.