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Old 07-14-07 | 08:41 AM
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Brian Ratliff
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From: Near Portland, OR

Bikes: Three road bikes. Two track bikes.

I weight 200 lb-ish. I have found that most prebuilt, 32 spoke wheels don't work with me. I've had to re-lace the rear wheel of all my bikes at least once, with 14-15-14 double butted spokes. But that said, once the wheels are re-laced and tensioned by hand, a 32 spoke wheel does marvelously for my 200 lbs of lard.

Does your wheel have lots of spokes (32 or 36), or does it have only a few (8-12)?
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