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@svenhöek
silly/advanced wheel build 2:
88mm rim with spokes in tandem pairs
The rim took a month to arrive from china so I had time to way overthink this :)
Each spoke pair should have the drag of~1.5 spokes because of one drafting behind the other, so making a 24 spoke wheel (for strength) with the drag of 18 spokes (marginal gains...) + internal nipples.
I built a simple vertical jig to drill the extra holes. I also drilled extra holes in the hub flanges for a spoke pattern where the pairs pull the same load (+/-5%)
The hub is a novatec d042 disc hub combined with a shorter freehub body from another novatec singlespeed hub so the spacing is 120mm. Novatec parts seems to be pretty mix and match.
Novatec d042 has a quite thick hub shaft so the torque on the spokes should be shared equally to both sides of the hub for both drive and braking (and they are cheap!). It is built up with no dishing. Hopefully this should make the wheel last longer.
