Originally Posted by
jnbrown
I have them on my single 20F 24R. I also built those wheels and have not broken any spokes and they have stayed perfectly straight.
Your tandem wheel must be built really well, I know you are putting more stress on it than we are.
Brass nipples always.
Yeah the alloy nipples were recommended by a builder for my single bike. Never again.
Actually, I only have the CX-rays in the front of the tandem. Used regular DT double butted (14-15-14 IIRC) in the rear because of the disc brake. 32 CX-rays up front (3x) and 36 of the DTs in the rear (3x). I figured the CX-rays wouldn't matter too much in the rear aero-wise. But man those other spokes are heavier!
The wheels were built by Precision Tandems.