32 or 36
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Commuter, eh? If you haven't bought the XT hubs already, how about a dynamo hub? Also available as a package with the new Exposure Revo lamp (which could be bought from Evans using the forthcoming -25% deal)
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DrLex wrote:Commuter, eh? If you haven't bought the XT hubs already, how about a dynamo hub? Also available as a package with the new Exposure Revo lamp (which could be bought from Evans using the forthcoming -25% deal)
G'wan...
Good idea; but trying to keep the costs down or would be going for Hope Pro Hubs..."If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."
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Given that the rear takes ~60% of the weight and is dished, I went for 36 with single-butted DS and double-butted NDS spokes when I built the replacement for my commuter - complete overkill but it has been bombproof, despite being the first wheel that I have built from scratch. For the front, however, given no dishing and less load, I would be tempted to go 32 with single-butted. Mind you, the cost (both weight and money) of going 36 is pretty small so, if you're asking the question, why wouldn't you go 36?
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rubertoe wrote:DrLex wrote:Commuter, eh? If you haven't bought the XT hubs already, how about a dynamo hub? Also available as a package with the new Exposure Revo lamp (which could be bought from Evans using the forthcoming -25% deal)
G'wan...
Good idea; but trying to keep the costs down or would be going for Hope Pro Hubs...
The dynamo hub idea isn't a bad one though:
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How many spokes on that thing? It looks like way more than 48...EKE_38BPM wrote:
48?! Was that a deliberate choice for supreme low-tension redundancy, or were you after the low-rider look?pastryboy wrote:48 for me and I only weigh 11 stone - I like not having to worry about things breaking on me.
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