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Hovis

If you aren't super confident about pattern and building, consider going 24/28 for better build tolerances and stiffer wheel for all your out-of-saddle climbing.

I've built a fair share of wheels, but they have always been either 3x, 2x or radial. So 16:8 will be a new challenge. If I can't figure it out I'll take it to someone who can. Just want to make the best decision from a hardware perspective right now.

A 16:8 24-spoke wheel will actually be stiffer (axially, which is what matters, torsionally which hardly matters but doesn't hurt, and not radially which might actually be a benefit) than 14:14 28-spoke one.

So you recommend the 16:8 ? Am thinking 2x for the DS and either radial or 1x for NDS. Logical?

For the front it will be 20h, probably radial.

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gbj_tester in reply to @Hovis

So you recommend the 16:8 ?

Yes. Once you've seen the obvious rightness of the 2:1 pattern for heavily dished rim-brake wheels, you start to wonder how we got so far without its becoming the default.

16 spokes on the drive side is the same as a 32-spoke wheel, so I'd probably go with the 32-spoke default of 3X unless there's some compelling reason to do otherwise. Everybody else seems to go for radial NDS on 2:1 wheels, and I can't think of a reason to disagree.

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