RE: Racing Wheel Recommendation for heavy rider.

Jerald M Powell

2003-01-24

Eric, while your premise is true, the experience is that that

particular configuration is very subject to spokes "working" under

load... the result is that spokes loosen quickly and

catastrophically... and they might have a higher than usual rate of

spoke failure at the hub end (although that part is anacdotal and I

can't confirm it).



The best builders, when asked for a dished rear that has better

lateral stability will build a three cross on the drive side and a

one or two cross on the left side... and sometimes with a lighter

spoke on that side.



Jerry





At 1:01 PM -0800 01/24/03, Erik Voldengen wrote:

 Very true. Also note that the non drive side of the

rear hub is under very little load, so it's much less

of a risk over using radial lacing on the front wheel.







 -----Original Message-----

From: Clark Ritchie [mailto:clarkr-@yahoo.com]

Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 12:34 PM

To: OBRA

Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Racing Wheel Recommendation for heavy rider.





The usual disclaimer: radial lacing will void some

manufacturer's warranties. However there are some

hubs designed specifically for radial lacing... CDR



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