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looking to get some pro 2 Evos on flow rims and wondered whether people thought one lacing method was better than the other. I know striaght is supposed to provide a tighter wheel but is this necessarily a better thing? I've heard rumours of people snapping more spokes due to them being so tight with a straight pull.
Straight pull should be no tighter than a J type spoke arragement, just less likely to fail in theory. They require the same tension to keep the wheel in shape.
Cheers.
I assumed the would be built with more tension therefore producing a tighter wheel as the spokes would be less likely to fail
The rationale always seems to be that it does away with a weakspot at the J. But I don't think I've ever broken a spoke at the J, or seen one broken that way in the flesh. No doubt it happens but is it really a thing?
Main downer I found was that when I broke a straightpull spoke in fort william, there wasn't a shop in the area that had a single straightpull spoke. But then if you buy Hoops they should come with spares (at least mine did).
All spokes will break eventually....so get ones that are easy to source.
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available (nearly)nowhere.
got a set of mavic classics hubs I'd like to rebuild.would already have done so if the spokes were easier to find/interchange.
All spokes will break eventually....so get ones that are easy to source.
This. Yes Hope keep spares, but if you're not near a Hope dealer you're utterly screwed. J-bend can be had anywhere. I tried to track down a straight pull spoke for a Roval and the only shop I could find with a selection was one in the US who wanted $20 to post one spoke.
Incidentally njee20, Freeborn had them in stock when I needed them.
Edinburgh Bicycle Coop ordered some in for me, but being EBC they took 6 weeks to receive them, never told me they'd arrived, then sent them back after 4 days because I hadn't collected them. But I reckon they could possibly do better.
I bought the SP Crest's as they were lighter 🙂 and they come with spare spokes - they live in my tool box.
Which is chuff all use if you snap one in the Alps 🙂
I'd not not buy a wheelset because they were straight pull, but I'd never opt for them.