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08-14-13 | 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by himespau

how low is low spoke count?

There's no magic cutoff between "conventional" wheels and low spoke count wheels. However traditional front wheels use 28, 32 or 36 spokes, and the more recent "low spoke count" front wheels range from 16-24 spokes. There might be front wheels with fewer spokes, but I don't know of any offhand. So 20 or less would be low spoke count, 28or more is conventional, and 24 is a matter of opinion.

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