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06-18-08, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Tabor

So, I cranked the drive side up to ~140kgf, much higher than the ~100kgf I had. If that doesn't fix the problem, I will change out spokes. Right now I have 2.0/1.8/2.0 all around. Would I be better off putting straight gauges spokes on the drive side, or stepping down to an even thinner spoke on the non-drive side?

100kgf DS is too low and will cause the problem you describe, on the other hand 140kgf might be too high. I ran my Mavic CXP33 36H with slightly below 140kgf, the rim never had a problem but the flange on my Ultegra hub broke.
Around 130kgf seems to be the sweet spot for me.

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