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gbj_tester in reply to @thecycleclinic

maths proves that the spokes have almost no influence

Please show your working.

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thecycleclinic in reply to @gbj_tester

for radial lacing

radial wheel stiffness is = rim stiffness/(1+(rim stiffness/spoke stiffness)) This comes from the way the stiffnesses add
1/wheel stiffness = 1/rim stiffness + 1/spoke stiffness
If you do the algebra it works out. Spoke stiffness much higher than that of the rim stiffness at least so the bottom term tends to one (this is an edit) hence spoke stiffness is not a major contributing factor to radial stiffness although it will have an impact.

Radial stiffness that Halo aero range 32H with rev spokes is going to be pretty high and I doubt it would be higher with 24 comp spokes as you suggested.

This paper make interesting reading if you can follow the maths. http://opus.bath.ac.uk/1418/1/Vogwell_P
Putting actual numbers into the maths though is hard as there are few about which is a shame.

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