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Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
1) they’re disc brake only, so that’s a limiting factor,

2) not a fan of the paired spoke approach. It requires significantly higher spoke tension. The aluminum rimmed Rolf wheels we have have have suffered a number of rim and hub failures as a result of that design.

The carbon version may be better, but given the inherent nature of the design I’m a skeptic.
Why? I still have some old Rolf single bike wheels, maybe year 2000 model. Their spoke tension spec is very low. Never out of true, never a spoke problem.
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