Originally Posted by
cyccommute
Only the elbow (and the normal amount of butting on a spoke) is thicker. The center section is 1.8mm and the nipple end is 2.0mm. I've not found them to be any more difficult to work with than any other spoke.
Ah OK I see. I thought you were using a thicker gauge of spoke on the drive side. I see what you're going for.
I could be wrong, but to me it would seem like the energy would get transferred to the hub first and then distributed evenly through the spokes out to the rim. So I think by having a stronger spoke on one side wouldn't help.