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Are Sapim Race Spokes axially stiffer than CX Rays?
Yes
Would replacing my DS CX Rays with Race spokes enable me to run the NDS spokes tighter?
No, unless you also have the DS tighter, and the rim is probably already the limiting factor rather than the spokes.
gbj_tester-
and the rim is probably already the limiting factor rather than the spokes.
Ah yes, I was thinking the wrong way round. So I guess my only option is to get a tension meter and see if I can crank up the tension on the DS any more. It doesn't help that the rim I am using doesn't list a max tension. Piece of shit Kinlin, was oval out of the box too. Might just bin it and replace it with a R460 which lucky me has compatible ERD.
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Thinking about this some more. (Am trying to think of ways to improve fatigue performance of the NDS spokes on one of my rear wheels. )
Say you compare two of the same rear wheel with the exception that one has CX rays on both DS and NDS, and the other has thicker Race spokes on the DS. You build them and you end up with the same tensions in both. Am I correct in saying the wheel with the thicker DS spokes is stiffer, and therefore for a given cyclic loading, and cyclic stresses on the NDS spokes be less and therefore have better fatigue performance?
Is that correct?
Hovis
Are Sapim Race Spokes axially stiffer than CX Rays? Would replacing my DS CX Rays with Race spokes enable me to run the NDS spokes tighter?
Am pretty sure the answer to these questions is yes but thought I'd double check...