Comments on: My Aim Is True http://ijar.chiggins.com/2008/07/14/my-aim-is-true/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:36:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Smudgemo http://ijar.chiggins.com/2008/07/14/my-aim-is-true/#comment-45 Smudgemo Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:09:09 +0000 http://ijar.chiggins.com/?p=152#comment-45 I think if you build it properly, it will be fine. I think if you build it properly, it will be fine.

]]> By: chiggins http://ijar.chiggins.com/2008/07/14/my-aim-is-true/#comment-44 chiggins Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:33:44 +0000 http://ijar.chiggins.com/?p=152#comment-44 Mr. Musson said the same thing about butted spokes, but I figured rightly or wrongly that for a cargo bike I'd want spokes butted like perhaps 2.3-2.0 instead of 2.0-1.8 or thinner. Is it totally wrong to think that on a 36-spoke wheel for a cargo bike that going with a straight gauge spoke will be better in an application-specific sense? Is that just "truthiness" on my part? Mr. Musson said the same thing about butted spokes, but I figured rightly or wrongly that for a cargo bike I’d want spokes butted like perhaps 2.3-2.0 instead of 2.0-1.8 or thinner. Is it totally wrong to think that on a 36-spoke wheel for a cargo bike that going with a straight gauge spoke will be better in an application-specific sense? Is that just “truthiness” on my part?

]]> By: Smudgemo http://ijar.chiggins.com/2008/07/14/my-aim-is-true/#comment-39 Smudgemo Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:58:36 +0000 http://ijar.chiggins.com/?p=152#comment-39 The owner of a shop that helped me build my first wheels said the first ones usually come out best because you spend so much time on them. True, I found, but as you do more of them, you become more proficient and have to think less about what you are doing. In reality, a normal 3-cross wheel is able to withstand a less than perfect build a lot better than fancy low spoke count wheels. Easier to rebuild as you noted. I'll just throw it out there that double-butted spokes are supposed to be more durable than straight-gauge because the "give" in the center helps avoid breaking at the bend. I went straight on the Xtracycle wheels, but popped for DB spokes for the commuting wheels I did recently. No idea if I'll notice any difference, but it's only money. The owner of a shop that helped me build my first wheels said the first ones usually come out best because you spend so much time on them. True, I found, but as you do more of them, you become more proficient and have to think less about what you are doing. In reality, a normal 3-cross wheel is able to withstand a less than perfect build a lot better than fancy low spoke count wheels. Easier to rebuild as you noted.

I’ll just throw it out there that double-butted spokes are supposed to be more durable than straight-gauge because the “give” in the center helps avoid breaking at the bend. I went straight on the Xtracycle wheels, but popped for DB spokes for the commuting wheels I did recently. No idea if I’ll notice any difference, but it’s only money.

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