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Old 02-01-08 | 12:51 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.
I think you are right, however Aeroplane's response gives the impression that unequal spokes is a bad idea, when in fact it is a good idea. He is wrong in stating that "Your weight should be even distributed over both wheels unless you are riding some sort of weird recumbent". On any normally proportioned upright bicycle, the rear wheel bears more weight.
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