Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
Aha. Would it be correct to say you removed all possible axle spacers to get an 8+ speed freehub into 126mm, and there's a really asymmetrical wheel as a result?
How many spokes total? I think Frank's suggestion to use thinner spokes on the NDS could help -- would leaving out every other NDS spoke be a horrible idea, so that the remainder could carry more tension?
Yes.. rob all the extra DS spacing into the NDS spacers... that ain't too much though.. and still clear the chain around the cog.
Can't skip spokes. Triplets are 16-8's for instance with 32 h hubs.. that sort of routine. My MTB wheel built that way is equal tension side to side.
Yammering away I am today... sluffing off. I'll post the 28 H triplet soon. 18 DS spokes.. strong as a 36H.. ? who knows.. will have to ride it and find out. Very round & taunt.. NDS tension has more variation that I like.. the nature of using a 'pre-owned rim'. And the sequence changes off one time on the NDS.. rather than 2-1 all around.. you have to split one DS triangle to balance it out.