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mykal
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I'm considering a specific wheel build, and wonder what spoke count will be
optimal under the circumstances.
I weigh 210 pounds and ride aggressively on city streets, often with a
rucksack payload of school books. The bike came with disc-brakes and Deep-V
wheels laced 3x with 28 spokes each, but the stock rear spokes came
over-tensioned to a point of premature failure. Despite this, the Deep-V
profile still impressed me with its durability after the damaged wheel was
retensioned. One year later, I now plan to replace the damaged wheel with
another Deep-V unit (and dump the rear disc brake in favor of a caliper rim
brake) but I'm still mulling over a choice of spoke count that ranges from
28 to 32 to 36.
My parts-bin situation leads me to favor staying with 28-spoke wheels, but
my body weight indicates a higher spoke count might be favorable. The wheels
will be well-built with high-quality spokes, and maybe with especially
strong spokes like the Sapim CX-Rays. The rim will be a Velocity Deep-V,
which I notice is being used for some wheels of very low spoke count.
Therefore, I wonder if any more than 28 spokes is really much of any
advantage.
Questions:
Will an increased spoke count significantly increase spoke reliability?
Will an increased spoke count significantly increase rim reliability?
In short, is there really much of a reason to use more than 28 spokes on the
Deep-V rim, provided the spokes are high quality and the wheel is well
built?
/* mykal */
optimal under the circumstances.
I weigh 210 pounds and ride aggressively on city streets, often with a
rucksack payload of school books. The bike came with disc-brakes and Deep-V
wheels laced 3x with 28 spokes each, but the stock rear spokes came
over-tensioned to a point of premature failure. Despite this, the Deep-V
profile still impressed me with its durability after the damaged wheel was
retensioned. One year later, I now plan to replace the damaged wheel with
another Deep-V unit (and dump the rear disc brake in favor of a caliper rim
brake) but I'm still mulling over a choice of spoke count that ranges from
28 to 32 to 36.
My parts-bin situation leads me to favor staying with 28-spoke wheels, but
my body weight indicates a higher spoke count might be favorable. The wheels
will be well-built with high-quality spokes, and maybe with especially
strong spokes like the Sapim CX-Rays. The rim will be a Velocity Deep-V,
which I notice is being used for some wheels of very low spoke count.
Therefore, I wonder if any more than 28 spokes is really much of any
advantage.
Questions:
Will an increased spoke count significantly increase spoke reliability?
Will an increased spoke count significantly increase rim reliability?
In short, is there really much of a reason to use more than 28 spokes on the
Deep-V rim, provided the spokes are high quality and the wheel is well
built?
/* mykal */