Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
I don't think shock vibration contributes to fatigue. I believe it's maximum tension which does so, and I suspect interlacing reduces it by a bit, by distributing tension to the crossing spoke. I believe the practice of interlacing is truly functional, not merely æsthetic.