goodboyr wrote:
Hahahaha. So therefore you are qualified to do engineering by inspection, internet review and just plain eyeballing and guessing without calcs, analysis or any other firsthand actual engineering work. Yup.....I am an engineer too. I am retired now, but was the chief engineer at a large nuclear plant. At peak I had over 200 engineers working for me. And I can assure you that it was easy to spot the engineers who did exactly what you are claiming to do.........conclude by inspection, seat of the pants and without any basis or substance. So, just because you are an engineer, doesn't mean squat if you don't actual perform any engineering to reach your conclusions.
Rant over. Sorry to all for derailling this thread. As is obvious, this is my hot button.
You're making assumptions that aren't necessarily valid.
#1, my suggestion that the OP use the Reynolds part for its intended purpose requires no engineering judgement.
#2, with respect to my Shimano wheels, I did do some quick calculations to ensure it wouldn't fail.
I can't speak to anyone else's comments in the thread though.