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Only very tangentially related. I've got a set of Stans ZTR340s in 20/24 hanging about, and was thinking about building a super-light fixed wheelset using either Novatec or Ridea hubs. Assuming I use a half-decent spoke like a Sapim D-Light, and go 2-cross at the rear, does this sound viable or stupid? 80kg rider, no skids ('cos I don't know how yet, and tubeless tyres are expensive anyway), street use only.
I should add that I've done about 4,000km on these rims built up for a road bike, so I know they'll hold up under me, it's whether there's something about hub torque from fixed braking that I don't understand. I wouldn't build a 24h disc-braked wheel, but that's instinct not science and my legs can't stop like discs in any case.
[The tangential point is that ZTR340s are hopelessly prone to deformation after tyre fitment, to the point that I would end up retruing and retensioning them with the tyre fitted. Pacenti SL23s, for example, are 100g heavier and don't have this problem.]