Originally Posted by
valueaudio
That's interesting that Brandt suggests outbound pulling (I don't know of Musson).
Overall, if one is willing to go with the Dork Disc (and the more threads I read on it make me think it's worth it alone on the chance of that one freak occurrence), the added offset of drive-side pulling spokes outbound seems to build the stronger wheel, with no real drawbacks.
If I do that, what are the thoughts on the non-drive side? Better to have the pulling spokes inbound, to make the offsets more symmetrical and therefore more even-tensioned (I'm inclined to go this route)? Or to run the non-drive side pulling spokes outbound as well? What do Brandt and Musson have to say on that?
Thanks!
Jeff
Again, no offence meant, do whatever makes you sleep better at night. I doubt it will make a measurable difference, even using a tension-meter (may the ones who've tested it correct me if I'm wrong). As long as a wheel is built well, with proper tension of all the spokes (i.e. even tension of all the spokes on one side), the NDS spokes would never be too loose to start unwinding and create problems. So it boils down to what you think would be better and what makes you feel "safer".
P.S. This is my personal oppinion from the books I've read and experience so far:
Using good quality double butted steel spokes, with brass nipples, not making a super low spoke count wheels, and making sure the tension is even at each side (and big enough, but not to overdo it) are the most important things. Making sure spokes are not wound up and are stress relieved is also very, very important.
The rest is more for an academic debate (i.e. pissing contest) than relevant in practice.