Originally Posted by
jowilson
I hope so. There is less dish on a single speed wheel which makes it stronger overall yes?
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#30 .
Any wheel that does not have adequate tension AND is not properly stress relieved is going to suffer from spoke failure sooner rather than later. Doesn't matter if it is a multi-speed or single-speed wheel - symmetrical or asymmetrical in it's "appearance" form of dish.
As to strength - an offset of 34.5 ( most symmetrical front hubs ) and 32.5 ( most asymmetrical rear NDS ) will provide more lateral strength than 16-22.0 ( most front disc side and rear drive side offsets ).
Note I used the word "offset". That's what is really driving what you see when describing dish as an "appearance" as opposed to dish as a "verb" - centering the rim between the hub lock nuts.
So of course - less "offset" generally means less "lateral strength".
=8-)