Alex Dark Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 (edited) Anyone got any idea roughly how much weight you would save radial lacing when compared to a standard 3 x build? Double butted spokes. Cheers edit: oh and alloy nips versus brass.... the weight difference for 32 Edited November 11, 2010 by Alex Dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narrowbars Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Anyone got any idea roughly how much weight you would save radial lacing when compared to a standard 3 x build? Double butted spokes. Cheers About the weight of 1 1/2 spokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Who cares? Radial lacing looks badass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 the figure of 10-20g rings a bell (dependent on wheel size) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 While we're here... Can you run 3x on the non disk side of a, say, H hub or BUB hub with such a small flange? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigman Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 While we're here... Can you run 3x on the non disk side of a, say, H hub or BUB hub with such a small flange? Yup, I am running 3x on an echo tr, which is a very small flange! Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 Anyone got any idea roughly how much weight you would save radial lacing when compared to a standard 3 x build? Double butted spokes. Cheers edit: oh and alloy nips versus brass.... the weight difference for 32 A set of 32 12mm brass nipples weighs 29g, and a set of 32 14mm nipples weighs 32g. If I'm saving time packing spokes I usually just weigh them out instead of counting them 'cos it's loads quicker. Alloy nipples are so light you can't do that at all - they're noticeably lighter when you hold a bag of alloy in one hand and brass in the other. Obviously the saving is going to be less than 29g or 32g (depending on size), but that's still a reasonable amount to save for very little effort and it's a good place to save it too (rotational weight and all that jazz). Not to mention they look pimp as shit The savings on spokes varies a lot as it depends on your wheel size and so on. Seems to usually be around 10-20g from my experience, as Ali said earlier. While we're here... Can you run 3x on the non disk side of a, say, H hub or BUB hub with such a small flange? You can indeed. I laced my Echo TR front disc hub to an Echo TR rim 3x both sides to try and stop flex when spinning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 If you want to directly compare wheel lacing, builds and weights then the dtswiss spoke calculator does that for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatmike Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 While we're here... Can you run 3x on the non disk side of a, say, H hub or BUB hub with such a small flange? I'm running 4x both sides on my rear Atomz hub. The spokes do slightly cross the spoke heads of the 1st cross, although it doesn't appear to be causing any issues and is noice and stiff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted November 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 Ah cool cheers for the help you lot decided on getting some alloy nips, but keeping 3x as I already have the spokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GINGER_WARRIOR Posted November 14, 2010 Report Share Posted November 14, 2010 surely the weight that you'd save is hardly anything? not anything you could feel any way! lol prob the difference between going to bed 20mins earlier. radial does look cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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