Originally Posted by
operator
So the we've now redefined stronger as weak now?
Radial by definition puts the stress on the hub flange on a much smaller section than 1x, 2x or 3x. When you do this with high spoke count wheels and small flanges and non forged hubs you are asking for disaster.
yes you clearly shouldn't do this with older or really ****ty hubs.
Originally Posted by
operator
Please, let me know how you've solved this problem and can now claim that radial spoking is just as strong as any > 0 # of crosses.
I didn't solve this but hub and wheel building did over a decade ago.
Originally Posted by
operator
Sure it's stiffer laterally and radially, but if that's the metric we're redefining "strong" wheels as, then you are 100% correct.
No I'm defining stronger as taking more of a beating without getting knocked out of true or failing. If this was 1990 you might have a point but plenty of hubs are designed for radial spokes now and they're stronger with them.
Originally Posted by
operator
So you've unquit now? After all that big huff about bikeforums being such a ******** place? Feeling lonely?
As far as big huffs go my complaints about ****ty mods were pretty minor and the near imbecilic posters like you were a large part of what drew me here. Also I'm 99% percent sure I never said I was quitting just since threats of quitting a messageboard are unbelievably cliched.
So, strong laterally with weight savings but poor torsionally as someone already pointed out. No bueno for a Clyde on rough roads going fixed 20 miles RT...
what do you need torsional strength on a rim braked front for?