Originally Posted by
furballi
I build wheels with the pulling spokes on the inside, in a 3x pattern. Under load, the pulling spokes will see more tension than the trailing spoke, resulting in a net force toward the rim's center line.
That has a smaller effect than when the spoke unloads as it rolls through the bottom of the wheel. I suspect the real reason that my gear changer hits the spokes is that the whole wheels bends when I rock the bike when I'm climbing.
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