Originally Posted by
byte_speed
The EA90SLX is radial NDS, so I suppose they have the requisite strength in the hubs & rims.
I was thinking that tieing & soldering has pretty much fallen into disfavor and it would seem to offer benefits similar to lacing. This led me to wonder if lacing really added much, especially after seeing the Eastons.
Lacing adds quite a bit, but there's legitimate debate about how much more tie and solder adds. The only wheels I used to tire and solder were for use on short track or sprinting. In both cases, any incremental stiffness was desirable even if it was mostly in the rider's head. Like so much of what we do, tie and solder falls into the category of "can't hurt, might help".