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JWestland
@thecycleclinic
Lateral stiffness is very important by my own experience is while spoke diameter and count are important in wheel for lateral stiffness if you pick a wide medium depth stiff rim and a hub with good bracing angles the changing spoke count and spoke diameter makes little practical difference as the wheel is simply stiff.
For a wheel with an Open Pro rim then spoke gauge and spoke count makes the difference between a wheel that last and one that doesn't.