Re: Wheel Lug Torque? / Nike size 10.5

[BARTHOML@snyalfva.cc.alfredtech.edu (Matt Bartholomew)]

> From:	SMTP%"graydon@apollo.gmi.edu"      ""Graydon D. Stuckey""    18-DEC-1995 23:11
> To:	Richard Davis <cngnyec@pipeline.com>
> CC:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subj:	Re: Wheel Lug Torque?
> On Mon, 18 Dec 1995, Richard Davis wrote:
> 
> > Graydon, 
> > I Like the scienific torque aproach, how many toes should remain on the
> > ground if I wear a size 10 Nike? 
> Mike,
> 
> 	Why do you sign with 'Mike' when your address explicitly states 
> Richard?  Is this some sort of 'Bob' thing?
> 
> 	Anyway, to the question.  If you are wearing a size 10 Nike, then 
> you are exactly 25% bigger than I and should therefore use 25% fewer 
> toes.  That would be 6.  Now keep in mind that the distribution of toes 
> is not exactly even (some toes are bigger than others) but, roughly, you 
> can lean on the power bar until your first toe of the second foot gently 
> lifts from the ground.
> 
> 	Just to correlate data, since you wear a size 10, then I would
> guess your weight at about 175.  If that is close, then the theoretical
> approach would seem to be quite accurate, and the preceding procedure
> should proceed without any procedural hickups. 
>
> Graydon D. Stuckey								

Geez!  This explains everything!  I wear 10.5 Nikes but weigh only 150.
I've always wondered why those wheels kept falling off every now and then.
I figured it was those fancy F*ch's wheels being temperamental...but it was
just my own personal lack of mass...I feel so inadequate!

BTW: If anyone wants to pay me $1200 for my wheels, let me know!

Matt
'88 5000tq