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Anthony DeLorenzo
Guest
Badly in need of some stress relief -- me, not the wheel -- I stopped
by LBS after work yesterday to get a rim and some spokes to build up a
front wheel. I picked up a 32-hole Sun CR-18, thinking that the DT
Swiss hub I had knocking around my parts bin was also 32 holes. I had
planned to make this my first radial wheel.
Turns out it was actually a 36 hole hub. Against the prevailing r.b.t
wisdom I decided to lace it anyways. I reasoned that I've seen enough
odd wheels in the shops with very few spokes, missing spokes, weird
patterns, I figured why not?
The radial spoking meant that spoke lengths or lacing pattern wasn't
an issue, and I would still be filling all the holes in the rim. I
grouped the spokes in sets of eight and offset the missing spokes on
the left and right flanges. The wheel built up very well, feeling
strong and staying true even after I did a thorough job of initial
stress relief.
I plan to throw it on the front of my fixed commuter for a few test
rides. I weigh over 120 kg (and would never ride a radial wheel
myself), so I figure if it can survive that and stay true it should be
fine for the 75 kg rider I'm building it for.
I'll update this thread with results, but I'm interested to hear
comments from r.b.t posters on this.
Regards,
Anthony
by LBS after work yesterday to get a rim and some spokes to build up a
front wheel. I picked up a 32-hole Sun CR-18, thinking that the DT
Swiss hub I had knocking around my parts bin was also 32 holes. I had
planned to make this my first radial wheel.
Turns out it was actually a 36 hole hub. Against the prevailing r.b.t
wisdom I decided to lace it anyways. I reasoned that I've seen enough
odd wheels in the shops with very few spokes, missing spokes, weird
patterns, I figured why not?
The radial spoking meant that spoke lengths or lacing pattern wasn't
an issue, and I would still be filling all the holes in the rim. I
grouped the spokes in sets of eight and offset the missing spokes on
the left and right flanges. The wheel built up very well, feeling
strong and staying true even after I did a thorough job of initial
stress relief.
I plan to throw it on the front of my fixed commuter for a few test
rides. I weigh over 120 kg (and would never ride a radial wheel
myself), so I figure if it can survive that and stay true it should be
fine for the 75 kg rider I'm building it for.
I'll update this thread with results, but I'm interested to hear
comments from r.b.t posters on this.
Regards,
Anthony