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Old 06-26-12, 06:31 PM
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I wouldn't be too concerned about the effect of disk brakes on spokes myself. That is one load that is evenly shared among all the spokes, all the time (assuming any kind of reasonably even tension). And it is not a highly cyclic load, compared to wheel rotation.
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