Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
The only reason on the NDS is weight saving, small as it is. And I have built wheels with radial DS. They work just fine. I think that the oversize aluminum hub shells are stiff enough to transmit torque to the other side where the crossed spokes are without significant losses.
Oh yeah the hub shells will transmit the power just fine...it's the DS flange that's the issue. I'm guessing you'd be hard pressed to find any company that will say it's ok to radial DS lace their hubs. I did it a few years ago and ran the wheels for about 3k miles before ripping the DS flange apart on a set of Formula hubs.
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