Goldtec Hub Failure

You do mean in bending, right? I think that spokes are so flexible that you can assume they only transmit tensile forces. At least, that's what I would do if I were building an FE model of a wheel. (Sorry if I missed something).

Where is that contour plot from? Looks very interesting.

Yeah, badly worded. I meant the inside of the elbow of the spoke is pushed against the flange, due to the bracing angle.

The pic is from here:
http://www.m5-ligfietsen.nl/site/EN/_m5__Lightweight_bike_parts/Front_and_rear_hubs/sAction:addtoshoppingcart/jump:1432/art_id:1432.2/quantity:1/custom:

Was tempted to use these in my road wheel build. Very light, and well priced, but I cant seem to find a source of straight pull bladed spokes.
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I'll probably go with a Tune MAG 180/ MIG 70 combo instead.