Old 11-15-18, 06:56 AM
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The rim will determine what is possible.

Lower cost rims are made by coiling an extrusion and cutting through the coil with a saw. If they don't account for the saw kerf, the rim will always have a bit of a flat spot at the seam. No amount of fiddling with spoke tensions will replace the metal cut away by the saw.
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