bm0p700f wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 10:57 am
I have built the R460 with 24H drilling and boring 2x lacing. They were nice and stiff. Only did one set though but I did not think yikes what have I done here. You must have 32H hubs. Be aware that with 16:1 lacing rear you will have the NDS spoke tension higher than the DS. While some wheel manufacturers are doing this I do wonder why.
Also 16 spokes 1x and 8 radial front is going going to have lower torsional stiffness than boring 2x lacing and since the majority of the braking load is on the front wheel perhaps conventional lacing is better for the long term. If you dont brake then it does not matter.
If you have 32H hubs then why not 32H rims and light spokes as that could come out a similar weight to R460 and 24h sapim race or DT comps which would be the obvious choice for to stiffen the wheel up.
The OP rejected more expensive rim earier due to the cost.
I kinda just wanted to do something different. I have two other wheels that are 24h with 3x drive side, 1/2 as many radial NDS and they are both slightly higher tension on the DS. They are pretty close in tension, much closer to each other than 3x both sides, but still higher on the DS. That being said, I am re-considering going with 32 on the rear but still keeping with the 3x drive, radial NDS.
As for the front, with the exception of the Open Pro's I'm replacing, every front wheel I actually use is radial lacing, none have more than 20 spokes, and I've never had an issue with braking (aside from canti's have less power than calipers). I considered doing 32 radial, but I always thought high spoke count radial lacing looked kinda silly. 24 was sort of a compomise. Save about $10-15 on spokes, save a little weight. Yea, crows foot is going to be a bit of a pain due to different sized spokes, but it's going to be easier to calculate lengths than trying to do a 2x or 3x with a 32h hub and a 24h rim. If I had a spoke threader, it'd be a completely different situation.
@istigatrice I had considered the RR511, but as bm0p700f mentioned, I'm trying to keep cost down. This is a shoestring budget rebuild of an old Open Pro wheelset to make it tubeless. I just don't want to drop the extra $80 for the 511, otherwise that'd be my first choice. Kinlins apear to be a little hard to find in the US. For the most part, the ones I am able to find that are tubeless are either sold out in the hole count that I need, or are above budget.
{edit}. and as soon as I say that... I find someplace that has XR-22Ts for $10 less than the RR411s I've been looking at. We'll see where this goes when I add spokes.
