---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 C.F.R. § 1512.11"
title: "16"
number: "1512.11"
heading: "Requirements for wheels."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/16/1512.11"
---

# §1512.11. Requirements for wheels.

- (a) **Spokes.** There shall be no missing spokes.
- (b) **Alignment.** The wheel assembly shall be aligned such that no less than 1.6 mm ( 1/16 in.) clearance exists between the tire and fork or any frame member when the wheel is rotated to any position.
- (c) **Rims.** Rims shall retain the spokes and tire when side-loaded with 2000 N (450 lbf) and tested in accordance with the rim test, [§ 1512.18(j)](/cfr/16/1512.18.md?p=j). Sidewalk bicycles need not meet this requirement.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 2(f)(1)(D), (q)(1)(A), (s), 3(e)(1), 74 Stat. 372, 374, 375, as amended, 80 Stat. 1304-05, 83 Stat. 187-89 (15 U.S.C. 1261, 1262); Pub. L. 107-319, 116 Stat. 2776.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 60034, Dec. 22, 1978, unless otherwise noted.