Evolving Lacing Patterns for Bicycle Wheels

Wow, cool to see my thesis here! I posted a picture of it [1] to r&#x2F;bicycling yesterday titled <i>I managed to make my thesis in computer science be about bicycles!</i>, and it got some traction. I answered some questions in the discussion, if anyone is interested.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;redd.it&#x2F;3p8hua" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;redd.it&#x2F;3p8hua</a>

Building bicycle wheels is incredibly satisfying, I built a set a friend used to win the local state cyclocross championship one year. There&#x27;s a lot of technique in tightening the spokes, when I see the &#x27;bad ride&#x27; simulation of the wheel in the video, it occurs to me you get the same types of visible behavoir if the spokes aren&#x27;t tightened correctly. I wonder how spoke tension is modelled here?

Neat idea. Did the author read Jobst Brandt&#x27;s book, &quot;The Art of the Bicycle Wheel&quot;?<p>Symmetry obviously makes the ride smoother. The real issue is dish and the incredible strain difference between. The drive side and the non-drive side: did the author simulate modern rear wheels?

This is interesting for sure in identifying novel spoke patterns that <i>might</i> result in a stronger&#x2F;lighter wheel. Since the simulator identifies lots of possibilities it would be useful to have some kind of figure of merit to help with down-selection. It also seems like things like being out-of-dish or out of true are things that could be used to eliminate possibilities without user intervention.<p>Lastly I wonder if you constrain this enough whether it would spit out &quot;standard&quot; spoke patterns that are used commonly. I&#x27;d like to think that spoke patterns that we use now are close to optimal due to a kind of evolution based on lots of trial and error. But maybe that&#x27;s not the case.

I assume it wouldn&#x27;t function well, but I&#x27;ve always wondered about a wheel were some of the spokes do not go to the hub, but are instead connected directly to another spot on the rim.

I was in a research group with Dave Hadka, who wrote MOEAFramework. I&#x27;ll have to tell him about this! Nice work!

Any comment on how much the new boost 148 standard for mountain bikes helps with stiffness and&#x2F;or strength?

Neat. Can&#x27;t wait for the follow-up paper which ranks lacing patterns by simulated load profile.

Did any of these get built?