Originally Posted by
CliffordK
Hang on...
Put the brakes on this....
Can you post another photo of the direct side view of the wheel & spokes?
Are the spokes bending side-to-side, or bending inline with the wheel?
The 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x issue primarily has to deal with bends inline with the wheel (front and back).
From your photo, it looks like the bends are side-to-side with a rim with either eyelets or sockets.
That is a completely different issue.
Your IGH hub may have wide flanges as there is less of a need to deal with dishing (and more gears inside).
I can't see an assembly problem from the photo. The eyelets appear to be centered. However, with some wheels, there is an assymetry to the spoke hole drilling. So, if one puts a spoke in the spoke hole loosely and lets it hang, it will have a preference for one side or the other. And every other spoke should have a preference to hang in the opposite direction.
So, a few possibilities:
- Wheel assembled backwards, and right spoke holes going to left spokes.
- Eyeletted spoke holes are straight and don't let nipples go to the side enough.
- Oversized nipples exacerbating the problem above.
I can say looking at the side, the spokes look straight. The bend is pointing out.
The wheel is assembled correctly and not backwards. The holes that point to one hub side go to that side. I verified that with one of the broken spokes. This guy does know how to build wheel, he's just not that familiar with building larger utility wheels with an IGH.
The nipples themselve almost don't move in the hole. They can't really point as far out as needed which is the problem and why the spokes are breaking at the nipple. The wheel is built with thicker spokes (~2.5mm).