paired spokes?
02-08-10, 08:38 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
02-08-10, 08:47 PM
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How come no Rolf wheel building fixtures though?
No love for paired spoked wheels?
02-08-10, 08:48 PM
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i have not owned any wheels with triplet lacing (though my dad has a pair) and it makes sense, the spoke tension is very close on the drive vs non drive side. theoretically, this should make for a very strong wheel.
02-08-10, 09:28 PM
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oh no i have no knowledge of these wheels other than what i can find on the www. thats what this threads for.
i just wanted to know if anyone has actually had a set of paired spokes and can say all the negs ive seen above.
looks like ppl who never rode em call them death wheels, high speed squirrel catchers, etc.
does anyone who owns a set feel the same way?
jus wondering if i should disregard most of the negs due to lack of experience. or if they are valid and will indeed increase my chances of blow up/ taco/ critter catch and so on..
i just wanted to know if anyone has actually had a set of paired spokes and can say all the negs ive seen above.
looks like ppl who never rode em call them death wheels, high speed squirrel catchers, etc.
does anyone who owns a set feel the same way?
jus wondering if i should disregard most of the negs due to lack of experience. or if they are valid and will indeed increase my chances of blow up/ taco/ critter catch and so on..
02-08-10, 09:43 PM
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The stock Bontrager Selects lasted me about 1700 miles before the back was made unrideable by cracking around the eyelets. Several places around the rim were cracked, and not just pull-through cracks at the eyelet holes, some were linear fissures near the braking surface. I'm a heavy rider and I didn't like them before they broke, they were too flexy to stand up on. Of course these are crappy wheels to begin with, but I'm happier now without paired spokes.
02-08-10, 09:52 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
I think it's about as big as the machine that installs car tires onto rims 
Well, not really, but you don't want to bring it on the MS-150 just in case the two fashionistas who brought Rolfs have some trouble. Better to just loan them one of your normal wheels and get on with it.
Well, not really, but you don't want to bring it on the MS-150 just in case the two fashionistas who brought Rolfs have some trouble. Better to just loan them one of your normal wheels and get on with it.
02-08-10, 10:04 PM
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02-09-10, 07:10 PM
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if your dont cary a replacement. i knew a guy who carried a spoke or two tapped to the inside of his seat stay when took long rides on his rolfs. he needed them on more than one occasion too.
02-09-10, 07:24 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
No, rim should be fine. It will remember some bend, but easily trued out under tension. You sure as hell won't be able to ride it home though -- unless you're on those old 2200g Rolf Vectors, which wander around at normal tensions.
02-10-10, 10:57 AM
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When I broke a spoke on my paired spoke wheels the rim was fine, barely even rubbed on the brake pads. I was able to limp home.
Guess that's one good thing about a 3kg wheelset.
Guess that's one good thing about a 3kg wheelset.
02-10-10, 02:23 PM
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Trek finally abandoned the paired spoke design on their current wheels. I take that as a sign the idea of paired spokes is form over function.
02-14-10, 11:07 AM
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whats a good price on this wheel?
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...STRK:MESELX:IT
thanks in advanced
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...STRK:MESELX:IT
thanks in advanced
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02-14-10, 11:28 AM
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I remember seeing at least one report of cracked eyelets on bontrager wheels here every other week.
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