Stevie Blom Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Hi all, Does anybody out there have a "loan" of a wheel thats strong enough for touring? i.e. 30 spokes + Stevie B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott D Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Hi Stevie Alastair Gow advised me on at least 36spokes for pull panniers. Just the rear wheel of course, where all the weight is. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon simpson Posted September 1, 2005 Report Share Posted September 1, 2005 Scott I've got one daft pair of wheels with 16 spokes and I tell you when I hit the back of a car it took Big Al about 2 hours to straighten it.....load of crap,,,every other wheel I have has 36 holes...most of them have sapim 2.3 2.0 single butted tandem spokes..that's 13/14 sb to the rest of you.. ......I wouldn't even think about 32 on the back... It all comes down to economics...in the golden era of 4 and 5 speed touring.... okay okay up to about 1989,,tourists had front wheels with 32 and rear with 40..even better to have a Maxi car or Campag screw on freewheel hi-lo 40 on the back... this had differential flange heights to give shorter and therefore stiffer spokes on one side and to equalise the spoke tensions...however come about 1990 most bikes came with a freehub and shimano standardised that at 36 on touring bikes... as a bike shop ( as opposed to your specialist wheel builder like big al)what a pain in the neck to stock 32 and 40 and 36...any it was only those silly old gits with saddlebags and plus fours who wanted the 40 hole... The dream wheel has to be 48 spoke xt....Sun Rhino if you're flush and daft Sensible money xt 36 on alesa endevour / sputnik (if you're smart and want one like a sun rhino but without the adverts and reputation @ £15 not £30 each..) Spa cycles: http://www.spacycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m2b0s116p0 buy 4 get the post free and big Al will build them up as you need them I was up at Al's today and he was building an XTR 36 onto a Mavic m281 cd (last made about 1995).. a great rim..really heavy..billions of grammes.... I had to have it......it's dt double butted not sapim single ......you know I need to save few grammes somewhere. ss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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