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Old 02-01-08 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by curiousincident
^ I believe he was calling bull**** on the fact that the OP was told having 32h on both wheels would make a 'harsh' ride. Which is bull****. It's OK to have fewer spokes on the front wheel, but it seems that the OP was going to go through too much of a hassle to build his wheels that way on the basis of misinformation.
In theory: 14 spoke wheels have a harsher ride than 32 hole wheels because the 14 spoke wheel requires more spoke tension.

But all of this can be mitigated by using less tire pressure and wider tires.
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