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I went for 36h on my omnium and haven't had any issues. They were hand built by a decent wheel building which I think is the most important part of the process.
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Yeah I’m trying to decide between definitely having no problems with 36h hope pro 4, or building 32h with the Chris king I already have with a beast of a rim and hopefully having no problems.
Unfortunately I need the wheel yesterday so can’t wait for a 36h king to come up.
Rim options are:
Velocity cliffhanger - nice but getting hold of the matching 20” will be an expensive PITA.
DT E512 - lighter, cheaper and kind of matches a gusset trix for the front. The kind of bit is putting me off.
lmamammal
I have recently been snapping rear spokes on my omnium (700c 32h). I am quite often carrying 50-60kg, though not for prolonged periods on it, and I weigh 70, but the wheels weren’t particularly good ones.
What are peoples thoughts on building a fairly hench 700/32h wheel vs 36h? I already have some nice 32h hubs but can sell them and get a 36 if it’ll be better.
tldr - trying to work if the problem is a crap build or the number of spokes before I spend monies on new wheel.