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gbj_tester in reply to @Hovis

Am I correct in saying the wheel with the thicker DS spokes is stiffer

Yes

for a given cyclic loading, and cyclic stresses on the NDS spokes be less and therefore have better fatigue performance?

It's not as simple as that, otherwise plain gauge spokes would be better than butted. The way the stiffness of the spokes interacts with the stiffness of the rim to distribute loads around the wheel is complex. Broadly speaking, making each individual spoke stiffer results in less uniformity of load between spokes, while making the rim stiffer results in more uniformity of load between spokes.

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Hovis in reply to @gbj_tester

Thanks

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thecycleclinic in reply to @Hovis

This is how the major wheel manufacturers make wheels with few spokes that dont fall apart. One of the keys to a long lived wheel is a stiff rim, thick spokes are not really needed.

hovis get a tension guauge. Kinlin rims have a tension limit of around 1200N like most rims. Which rim do you have? Never found one that is not round. The latest XR22t and XR31t are HED round every time. The R460 in comparsion show more radial movement (still not alot).

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