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04-04-18 | 07:36 AM

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cyccommute

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Originally Posted by cbrstar

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.

I would tend to agree with you. I see little value in having thinner spokes on the nondrive side. I don't think it would matter much since the NDS spokes seldom break anyway but I don't see any benefit of tempting fate. There's little to no weight penalty and the wheels end up being a little over built.

And, as I said above, it complicates the build by having to keep track of more parts.

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