brianappleby

waterrockets, I find this hard to believe, evidence?

Since the tone of my question can't be conveyed over the internet, I will elaborate.

Although I have very little experience with actual wheelbuilding, I've done a lot of research on the physics & geometry behind how bike wheels work.

I understand how a thinner (in the middle) spoke could be more flexible in stretching/compression, but that will affect stiffness across the board (tangential, lateral, torsional).

I don't see how spoke thickness, or especially spoke butting will change only the lateral stiffness of a wheel.

Not trying to be rude, just an honest question,

B.

p.s. I finished the wheel and it's true and symmetric and (mostly) round and the tension is pretty even. I'd post pictures but you really don't need to see another deep V with 32 3x spokes...

thanks again for all the help though.