wilwood said:
At the end of this year it was time for a new pair of wheels for me. I have been riding on a pair of Williams 30X (20 front 24 rear) for the last 3 years and have been very happy with them but time for a change. I started looking at carbon as an everyday wheel; I read all the specs and forums I could find on the net and manufactures web sites to find weight limits (I’m at 205lbs) for their wheels with some luck but came to a decision that now is not the time for carbon as an everyday wheel. (My currant ride is a Madone 5.5) I decided to build a set of DT Swiss 1.2’s with 240 hubs with a 28 spoke front 2x and a 32 spoke rear 3x.
I was just wondering what type of wheels other Clydesdales are riding on?
I don't think that 205 lbs. qualifies you as being a Clydesdale.
Regardless, if you do a lot of climbing, then a 36h rear would be better -- however, I don't think that DT makes 36h hubs, but maybe they can be
special ordered.
If you don't do a lot of climbing, then a 32h wheel will certainly be adequate.
FWIW. The only time I have laced a front wheel x2 is when I didn't have the longer spoke length readily available (I have a spoke threader and so shortening a spoke isn't a problem for me).
If you are going to the effort of having the front wheel laced x2, then you may as well ask the wheelbuilder to lace the non-driveside x2, also.
According to some (and, I agree), lacing the driveside x3 and the non-driveside x2 results in a non-driveside whose tension is closer to that on the driveside than if the non-driveside were also laced x3.
Lacing the wheel x3 on the driveside & x2 on the non-driveside takes a little longer because the wheelbuilder needs to "figure out" what the lacing offset is ... but, once established, the rest of the process is the same.
BTW. I'm apparently the ONLY person in this Forum who thinks that straight gauge spokes are better than double butted spokes ...
I've been building my wheels for decades ... that, alone, means nothing.
I will admit that I have used double butted spokes on more than one occasion in the past ... and, I even laced ONE rear wheel in the past few years with double butted spokes BUT it was a wheel with a symmetrical 'dish' AND I had some spokes that I would not otherwise have a wheel to use them one.