Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
Doesn't the high flange create a severe spoke angle at the flange? Might have trouble getting 3x or 4x with high spoke counts.
Scott, I've been running 36 spoke 4X front wheels with the very high flange Tipo hubs for 30 years. A lot of those wheels are winter wheels so the rims don't last very long but I only replace the spokes every third rim (if the manufacturers don't change the ERD). Neither building the wheels nor getting the spokes to last are an issue. Only issue is that I have to regularly listen to doomsayers predicting a short life for those spokes.
Yes, the spokes bend around their neighbor's heads at the flange. It's just another bend at the build time, no bigger deal than what happens at the "J" bend.
Edit: LOL! I just noticed Scott's post was 2011! I probably already answered it years ago.
Ben