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Who wants to build some twisted spoke wheels for me? :-)

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SaMAlex:
Ive known many people who have taken an existing, built wheel, and twisted the spokes. Not swapped a thing. You just take out each pair of crossed spokes, and swap round which hole they came from.
(but you need to slacken off the whole wheel tension first)  :daumenhoch:

There are other ways of achieving the same "stiffening" effect. One way is to zip-tie the pairs of spokes together, or even tie 2 pairs together so the zip-tie spans 2 sets of crosses. Another way is to solder the spokes together where they cross. Ive seen this done on motorbikes, but its not a good idea on bikes cos its a right pain to remove the spokes  >:(

fugazi:
Makes sense, as the spoke hasn't got to go as far across to the spoke hole, it's almost coming back on itself. On a side note 48 spoke wheels seem to be making a comeback, which can only be a good thing as far as I'm concerned  :daumenhoch:

oldtired:
 " Twisterson laced "     :daumenhoch:   :LolLolLolLol:   'kin brill    why not go all out Ed n get the truck conversion done too  full 96 spokeroo    think of the weight you'll save by going on a diet  drilling all them holes in your rims  :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:

SaMAlex:

--- Quote from: oldtired on October 25, 2012, 10:43 AM ---why not go all out Ed n get the truck conversion done too

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Nice idea  :daumenhoch:

I was talking to Tim Ruck (T-Ruck) last night about going on a riding trip next month. He uses normal 36s now though

ED209:

--- Quote from: oldtired on October 25, 2012, 10:43 AM --- " Twisterson laced "     :daumenhoch:   :LolLolLolLol:   'kin brill    why not go all out Ed n get the truck conversion done too  full 96 spokeroo    think of the weight you'll save by going on a diet  drilling all them holes in your rims  :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:

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how rood  :yahoo_silent:

I have some nice rim decals on the way from Ron  :)

wheres Brett ... ? ... I bet hes up for it  :4_17_5:

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