Great advice. Thank you. And I am truly sorry if I offended anyone. I meant nothing by the term that I meant as highly acceptable. Kosher, to me, has always meant very good quality and within the specified requirements. Once again, I apologize.
no no, not offended at all. Heck, i’m not even a member of the Chosen People. I’m just pointing out the fact that even amongst Jews, the definition of what’s dietarily acceptable varies greatly (I have friends who’ll eschew from eating seafood but disregard the rule forbidding dairy and meat in the same meal). Obviously, Saris goes by the letter as they are the ones who may have to deal with warranties, but there are others out there as well.
Also, i don’t know if you are building the wheel or are having someone else building it, but I’d entrust this project, should you decide to follow through on the 32-to-24 crow’s foot, in the hand of a very reputable wheelbuilder such as Peter Vecchio (Colorado), Peter White (NH), Ligero (Tenn), and Joe Young (Texas). I’ve personally dealt with a custom wheel builder by the name of Rob Curtis (Chicago) who is also very good at his craft. That said, many of these builders have their reputation on the line and may refuse to do it as they would deem it too risky.
also to be noted: if you are buying a used hub, it’s even more important not to rock the boat as the spokes will leave their marks on the flanges as they settle in. As such, it’s best for the new spokes to conform to these marks as the flange could be weakened if the spokes are laced different from before.
Well…
I’m embaressed to admit it, but years ago I attempted to do the same thing; with the only difference being standard caliper brakes. It DOESN’T work and it’s not worth it. I’ve built many wheels both road and mountain bike. I learned to say with what is the norm, in fact I’m a tad more conservative. For example my front training wheel is 24 spoke but I laced it cross 2 instead of radial. Getting radical with wheels just isn’t worth it.
Adding a disk brake to the equation indeed does force the builder to account for much more complex forces. More spokes and cross 3 would be manditory in my book.
I live in hilly/mountains (west side of the Sierras). And, I ask how much does one need to brake in a triathlon? I’ve done Auburn Worlds Toughest more than a few times and if any race requires brakes that’s one for sure. Yet, I never wanted “more” brake.
The only race I’ve DNF’d was the race I tried my new crow’s foot laced wheel 32 hub to 24 rim. I still get teased about that one - and I deserve it!
My two cents.
Happy Holidays to all,
keith
That’s a very sound advice, and i hope that there was no physical damages as a result of that wheel. I contacted Vecchio regarding a wheel build, and he was the one who mentioned the three strike rule. On my latest build, the only area from which I strayed from his suggestions was using 2x NDS as opposed to 3x NDS on my 28H alloy rear wheel for road races. This was done to get more tension on the NDS, but needless to say, i got a bit too smart as i tried lacing the NDS as a 3x and struggled for an hour trying to figure out why the spoke was too short.
