Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
20 heavy duty single butted spokes.
On a tandem that's nonsense.. ridiculous. Break one.. your mostly likely in trouble w wheel rub. Tandem usually means 300 lbs minimum.. and said front in this application gets some load also. And rear tandem width means mostly equalized tension side to side rear.. so 36H is often enough. Heavy tandems need 48's rear.
Then breaking stresses.. dis often. Limits drillings for 2 rider bikes.