Iro Jamie Roy Vs. Nyc Cityfixed
07-29-05, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by auk
Is there a fatigue difference. At times yes. The tension of the wheel, the quality of the spokes, the nipples used, the type of riding, and the number of spokes play a larger partin whether a spoke will break rather than it being straight vs. butted.
Forget Brant, what is Your experiences in the matter? What has your building and riding told you about the argument?
Here is your homework for the term. Go buy a frame and build the bike. Build two sets of wheels one butted and the other straight. See how it goes. Ride it, ride it some more, and then report back with your findings. Leave J.B.'s book on the desk and put your hand to paper. Life is not about what you can remember that so-and-so said, it's about having some experience to backup your statements.
Unfortuanately this thread is off the subject line and now should be titled under spokes or some other thing. For that I am sorry to have been a contributor to the mess.
Forget Brant, what is Your experiences in the matter? What has your building and riding told you about the argument?
Here is your homework for the term. Go buy a frame and build the bike. Build two sets of wheels one butted and the other straight. See how it goes. Ride it, ride it some more, and then report back with your findings. Leave J.B.'s book on the desk and put your hand to paper. Life is not about what you can remember that so-and-so said, it's about having some experience to backup your statements.
Unfortuanately this thread is off the subject line and now should be titled under spokes or some other thing. For that I am sorry to have been a contributor to the mess.
I have had plenty of my share of budget wheel build ups already including a 36 hole mavic ma2 and 32 hole arrowhead both with 14 straight guage spokes. I'm not even going to bother duplicating this stuff again. What's the point? I started my riding on old lugged steel frames also, but that doesn't mean I'll keep riding that either.
I'd rather build on what I have learned to make better stuff.
You might lose some lateral stiffness with the butted spokes, but that's where I take 36 butted over 32 straight guage and end up with a better wheel.
07-29-05, 08:30 PM
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Monitors, please close the thread and put it out of its misery. Please.
Die thread, die.
Die.
Die.
