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gbj_tester in reply to @Skülly

evening spoke dished wheel tension by using 3x DS and 2x NDS. Surely it can't even it out that much

Actually, doing it that way makes the tension imbalance worse. Mavic and maybe one or two others lace some of their boxed wheels crossed on the NDS and radial on the DS to marginally improve the tension balance, relying on a torsionally stiff hub shell to transfer drive torque from right to left without winding up the wheel too much. In the end, the right way to solve the problem is to have more spokes on the DS, e.g. Campag G3, Shimano OptBal, various 24-spoke rears with 16:8 lacing etc.

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Skülly in reply to @gbj_tester

Thanks tester. I'd heard from Chris Juden that contrary to what most mechanics think, if you're doing half radial, the crossed side should be NDS.

But this blew my mind slightly :

the right way to solve the problem is to have more spokes on the NDS ...

I'm assuming that's a typo? Surely more spokes on the DS, less spokes on the NDS? Or again is the recieved wisdom actually cobblers?

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gbj_tester in reply to @Skülly

I'm assuming that's a typo?

You assume correctly. I was originally going for a more verbose construction and cocked up the edit in my head :-)

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