fibers the thickness of the coating could range from a single molecule layer to 2 mm thick another option to protect the fibers is a heat shrinkable tubing placed over the entire length or some part of the length of the spoke post construction fig2 shows the way in which one version of our spoke attaches to a bicycle hub flange 110 only the eye splice ends of the spokes are shown in fig2 in this drawing the spokes are radially laced which means they extend out radially from the center of rotation of the bicycle hub the eye splice 107 passes through a hole 111 in the hub flange 110 and the spoke passes through the eye splice to form a choker hitch this is done by first threading the eye splice 107 through a hole in the hub 111 and then putting the other end of the spoke through the loop in the eye splice and pulling tight this connection would work well for a wheel that does not have to transmit tangential forces such as a front bicycle wheel the spokes may instead be connected to a different type of hub such as a wheelchair hub a motorcycle hub or the hub of any other type of automobile or human powered vehicle in fig2 there are 22 spokes that are shown connected to the hub there could be any number of these spokes connected to a hub with any number of spoke holes in addition the spokes need not be radially laced with the choker hitch knot the spokes could instead leave the hub flange 110 at a tangent to the hub flange or at any other angle fig3.