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Simon Brooke
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Sitting on my table in front of me I have a shiny (black) Record rear hub,
and a pair of shiny (black) DT Swiss 1.1 rims. The theory is that this is
my new audax wheelset... The original plan was to build three wheels, one
front with a Record hub to match the rear, one with a SON. The budget won't
stretch to that just now, and I haven't yet decided which front to build.
Now, clearly, if I get a SON front hub, it needs to be laced with a cross
lacing, probably 2-cross. If I get a Record front hub, it could be radial
laced. And in any case I'd like to lace the rear half radial.
The Campag instruction leaflet comes with awful warnings against radial
lacing. I know this. I know I will void my warranty if I lace radial. But
actually, how much increased risk of failure will I get? I'm about 80Kg but
I very rarely break things on my bikes. I've never broken a spoke, for
instance.
Leave discussions of comfort out of this. Two of my current three road front
wheels are radial laced, and both my current two road back wheels are
half-radial. I like 'em that way. But they're all factory built Mavics with
fancy hubs which are designed for it.
Also: radial lacing, should the spoke heads be inside the flange or outside?
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and a pair of shiny (black) DT Swiss 1.1 rims. The theory is that this is
my new audax wheelset... The original plan was to build three wheels, one
front with a Record hub to match the rear, one with a SON. The budget won't
stretch to that just now, and I haven't yet decided which front to build.
Now, clearly, if I get a SON front hub, it needs to be laced with a cross
lacing, probably 2-cross. If I get a Record front hub, it could be radial
laced. And in any case I'd like to lace the rear half radial.
The Campag instruction leaflet comes with awful warnings against radial
lacing. I know this. I know I will void my warranty if I lace radial. But
actually, how much increased risk of failure will I get? I'm about 80Kg but
I very rarely break things on my bikes. I've never broken a spoke, for
instance.
Leave discussions of comfort out of this. Two of my current three road front
wheels are radial laced, and both my current two road back wheels are
half-radial. I like 'em that way. But they're all factory built Mavics with
fancy hubs which are designed for it.
Also: radial lacing, should the spoke heads be inside the flange or outside?
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[email protected] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
There are no messages. The above is just a random stream of
bytes. Any opinion or meaning you find in it is your own creation.