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looking to change the front wheel of a tandem to disc from v brake, this may go onto one of 2 tandems, first is a med med tandem ridden by wife and i combined weight 18-19 stone, the other is a kiddy back tandem combined weght or riders is 13 stone. tandems are used for road riding and forest tracks dirt roads so pretty smooth stuff, will a 32 or 36 spoked wheel be ok for this or should i stick with a 48 as came on the tandem. i'm thinking of a hope xc hub on a mavic rim
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Wheels do take a beating - I'd be tempted to go for ahigher spoke count if you can - mind yo a=our rear is 36 spokes and just about survives.
Good wheel build and strong rim will help of course and is the xc hub strong enough? How about
http://www.tandems.co.uk/products.php?plid=m11b0s32p332
http://www.tandems.co.uk/products.php?plid=m11b0s24p49
Is hub strength an issue on the front?
Yes. Much higher loadings hence tandem specific hubs. 🙄
I run 36 hole Mavic 521's which have stood up to a rider weight of 22ish stone, doing similar terrain with panniers
I run 203/185 discs with a rear stoker V-Brake also.
Discs get hot quickly on a tandem with this kind of weight on.
We're running a 36 spoke pro 2 on the front of our tandem, but it's not heavily used. It's 20mm bolt through and fitted to 150mm z150s
will be fitted to a rigid fork qr witha a 160 or 180 rotor