Originally Posted by
nebuer16
I would highly suggest not using Sapim X-rays. You need to use a tool to keep the blade straight, and if you try and keep the blade straight while tightening the spoke at a medium to high spoke tension, the spoke twists and bends where the tool is keeping the spoke straight. DT aerolites twist back into place, but because the Sapim's are so thin and maliable, the spoke actually bends at the twist. The bent spokes must be replaced, and since you can't get a high tension out of them due to this twisting/bending, it sacrifices the strength of the wheel.
That has never happened to me. And you're the first person in the ten years or so I've been aware of CX-Ray that has claimed this to my knowledge. I use the holding tool from Sapim. CX-Ray are fine and build up into a great wheel.