Making a rim Stronger

Anyone ever heard of wiring your spokes together to make your rim stronger ? I've seen it on Paris
Dakar motocross bikes but never on Mountain bikes. Thanks

Mark

Mark wrote:
> Anyone ever heard of wiring your spokes together to make your rim stronger ? I've seen it on Paris
> Dakar motocross bikes but never on Mountain bikes. Thanks
>
> Mark
>
>
it is (or was) a common practice of wheel builders in the europe. 36 spoke, 3 cross, tied and
soldered, standard fare at paris/rubuex <- did i spell that right? it doesn't give a wheel much, if
any, more strength but it does keep a busted spoke from causing any more damage. there was afad a
few years ago of twisting the spokes, silly idea.

J

>there was afad a few years ago of twisting the spokes, silly idea.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/julesandjames...quick_release/ some people still do it l must
say, l didn't believe it until l saw the pics

"Mark" <phound@telus.net> wrote in message newsVbfa.47505$Ty5.3009066@news0.telusplanet.net...
> Anyone ever heard of wiring your spokes together to make your rim stronger
?
> I've seen it on Paris Dakar motocross bikes but never on Mountain bikes. Thanks
>
> Mark
>
>

http://www.execulink.com/~dtierney/wmc/faq.htm#WTQ1

look toward the bottom of this page

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"Mark" <phound@telus.net> wrote in message newsVbfa.47505$Ty5.3009066@news0.telusplanet.net...
> Anyone ever heard of wiring your spokes together to make your rim stronger
?
> I've seen it on Paris Dakar motocross bikes but never on Mountain bikes. Thanks
>
> Mark

If you google rec.bicycles.tech you will find this subject discussed ad nauseam.

Andy Chequer

James Connell wrote:

> it is (or was) a common practice of wheel builders in the europe. 36 spoke, 3 cross, tied and
> soldered, standard fare at paris/rubuex <- did i spell that right?

Roubaix

it doesn't give a wheel much, if any, more strength
> but it does keep a busted spoke from causing any more damage. there was afad a few years ago of
> twisting the spokes, silly idea.

Snowflaking. Stupid.