I am presently running King/UST Mavic 823s on my small wheeled FS bike. I really like them. I have ordered a full rigid Walt SS 29er as my first 29er. I am looking for suggestions for a wheel build with durability as my primary concern. I will run a 36h hub set and want the capacity to make 3-4 foot drops without any worries. Any thought/suggestions? Thanks
I live near WebCyclery so i had MeanTodd build up the wheels for my rigid Vulture.
We went with Paul disc hubs, Sun Rynolite 36h (27mm) polished rims, allow nips , Dt 14/15 spkes, three cross.
I bought these as my bomber wheels and plan to get a lighter set for racing later in the season. I like the width of these rims for running wider tires, 2.3 Exi's and 2.1 Ignitors.
So far so good, they are holding up after three months and a lot of riding with tubes and people have commented on the nice shiny rims...
Jefe'
I read butted spokes were more durable than straight
I read butted spokes were more durable than straight-Yeah I didn't believe it but then they went on to say that most of the time they break on the ends and the butted spokes allowed a little "give" in the middle to save some stress on the ends and they actually ended up more durable. Not stronger but more durable. That made sense to me.
I also heard that 32 is more durable than 36 due to the harmonics of 4 pairs of 8 vs. 4 pairs of 9. This I did not understand and went with 36 spokes on my latest wheels (well, the builder did, I didn't make'em).
I can attest to this. I've been building my own wheels for <mumble> years and since I switched to tripple swaged spokes (DT Swiss Alpine_III) my wheels have improved 200%.
They stay in true for just about ever, can hanlde much harder landings without taco'ing, and build up tighter, easier.
In my humble opinion they are better than King's (and cheaper).
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