Originally Posted by fixedstep
i'm wondering why i never see any wheels with 16 up to 20 spokes on fixies, i see them all the time on road bikes, could it haveto do with stress? and they must go out of true all the time??
I am sometimes running my Shamals (older model) on my fixie. 12 bladed spokes each, radial front, radial non drive side rear, single cross drive side rear. They have yet to come out of true. The thing might be in overall construction - at 2600 grams a set (tubulars, weighted with 10sp Chorus casette, not my fixed adapter) they are not exactly my lightest despite light, Record based hubs.
