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~40mm in, your spokes will have a large stagger, compared to the original nipple holes.
Aye, but since it's not a structural part you can drill holes wherever you like :) admittedly getting these in the right place could be difficult
Are you going to use inverted nipples so you can true the wheel once it's faired.
Yeah, I suppose you would have to. Or these with a socket wrench. You could use whatever (aluminium) rim you like though to make it as convenient as possible to true it. Single wall would be easiest and a bit of a weight saving. I guess you would need to match the rim outer width too between the two
You would have to remove the tyre to true the wheel, but for its intended purpose that's not really a big deal I would say. If you have to get off to true your wheel in a TT/race-type situation your race is screwed anyway.
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If you were to discard the rim bed part and bond the U onto a lightweight aluminium rim, there's a few stumbling blocks.
~40mm in, your spokes will have a large stagger, compared to the original nipple holes.
Are you going to use inverted nipples so you can true the wheel once it's faired.
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