Originally Posted by
pdlamb
Sure, but if you build the wheel correctly you won't have fatigue from the stress dropping too low, so the correlation between tensile strength and fatigue doesn't matter anyway. No fatigue, no breakage, no dependence on tensile strength.
Which comes back to using butted spokes on the rear NDS (at a minimum) since they don't drop as much tension each cycle...
Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
For a given slackness tolerance tension needs are proportional to cross-sectional area.
IOW, a 1.8mm diameter spoke needs 81% of the tension on a 2.0mm spoke.
If 60 kgf is OK at 2mm, 49 kgf is just as good at 1.8mm, 38 kgf at 1.6mm, and 34 kgf at 1.5mm.
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Originally Posted by
chandltp
There's no such thing as too far.. just lack of time
Originally Posted by noglider
People in this forum are not typical.
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Last edited by ThermionicScott; 09-17-21 at 09:07 AM.